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close at hand. On the northern side, in an arch-shaped green 

 oasis amidst woods and plantations, the scattered village of 

 Kirkwhelpington emerges, contiguous to, and beyond Walling- 

 ton Demesne. Farther up in the valley, also amongst "the 

 pomp of groves," and leafy garniture, lie the Great and Little 

 and West Harles, with their churches and respective mansions. 

 Somewhat dimly, rising amidst a gap, stands Kirkheaton ; and 

 much nearer we catch a glimpse of Capheaton, crowning a 

 wooded heii^ht ; away down in the hollow below are the 

 Bavingtons and Hallington, both well-known names ; and if we 

 get high enough, the undulating rising land about Thockrington 

 and downwards almost to Chollerton spreads outwards. Behind 

 and above all. in a clear evening, the lengthened notched 

 hill-ridge indicates the lines of the great Whin Sill; and the 

 blue Crags of Wanny are mapped on the horizon. Coming 

 round by the northwards we have the summits of the Ottercaps, 

 on the borders of Redesdale, Harwood and Greenleighton ; the 

 Key-heugh and Darden, the flats of Fallowlees, and the dreary 

 mosses behind Simonside and Tosson ; Simonside itself and its 

 outliers, Spylaw and Garley Moor ; and omitting intermediate 

 eminences, the inequalities of Rimside and Alnwick Moor, and 

 on to Bigge's Pillar. All these were traceable on the previous 

 day. The southern aspect was confined by a haze, but in the 

 direction of Belsay and Byegate and Black Heddon, across 

 the Tyne lay Mickley, backed by obscure masses of Durham 

 Hills. These and still more extensive prospects can be enjoyed 

 here every bright day. 



Near Corridge, Shaftoe Crags lay beyond the moor, for here 

 we come to the edges of a rough waste of heathery, peaty, and 

 sandy soil, environed on its western and southern sides with a 

 more or less precipitous gritty barrier of sandstone rocks, not 

 quite so picturesque as those of Simonside, but of a similar 

 character. Passing Bolam West House, the " Poind and his 

 Man" glimmered through the trees, and here Watling Street 

 was crossed. The Slate Hill Camp, seen on the south side of 

 the road, between Bolam West House and Bolam, as a terraced 

 kame, lies opposite Hucco Hill and Camp on the northern side ; — 

 both about equidistant from the road. The Slate Hill Kame is 

 interesting as being an example of scarping or terracing as a 

 means of fortification. As Mr R. C. Hedley remarks, a palisade 



