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SOME EFFECTS OF THE ST0R3I OF JUNE 3rD, 1908, ON BARPEN 
FELL. 
BY ALBERT GILLIGAN, B.S( . 
{Read \2ih November, 1908. MS. received SOth Novemher, 
1908.) 
Storms of more or less violence occurred in many parts 
of the British Isles on June 3rd, 1008. Tlie West of Yorkshire 
seems to have been unfortunate in being the neighbourhood 
where the greatest downpour of rain took place, and conse- 
quently suffered more destruction than any other district. The 
stretch of country affected by the storm extends from Airedale 
to Swaledale, embracing in its path four watersheds. Much 
havoc u'as wrought throughout the wliole area, but the special 
district with which it is proposed to deal is that of Barden Fell. 
The highest point of the hill, near the Upper Barden Reservoir, 
is 1,661 feet above sea level. The hill is drained normally by 
a number of becks, which flow radially from its summit, the 
chief of which are Barden Beck and Gill Beck on the east ; 
Loburn Gill and Moor Beck, which join to form Embsay Beck, 
on the south ; while on the west there are Fell Gill, Waterfall 
Gill, and Red Gill, tributaries of EUer Beck (see Map, Fig. 1). 
These streams all run do^\Tl scarp slopes of the Kinderscout 
Grit, of which the hill is composed, and have in consequence 
deep narrow channels, with many waterfalls, where they have 
encountered the beds of shale which are interbedded with tlie 
grit. 
I visited the district in the neighbourhood of Burnsall 
a few days after the storm, and explored the fell side, which is 
in the occupation of Mr. Thompson, Wood End Farm. In 
the field below the main road from Bolton Abbey to Burnsall 
deep trenches liad been cut, and some of the solid grit removed. 
The field was strewn with blocks of grit, and tlie wall bounding 
the field on the lower side had been breached in two places 
(Plate LV., Fig. 1). Following the track of the torrent up the 
fell side, it was found that the main road had been ploughed 
