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View of the Whin Sill from Steel Rigg
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View of the Whin Sill from Steel Rigg
Highlight • Historical Site
View of the Whin Sill from Steel Rigg
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Road cycling
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Dominiek Van Dooren
July 3, 2026
Hiking
The Whin Sill is a huge layer of very hard volcanic rock, called dolerite. This rock was formed millions of years ago. Hot, liquid magma pushed itself between softer layers of rock. The wind and weather have eroded the softer rock. As a result, the rock-hard Whin Sill now juts out of the landscape like a spectacular wall.
(North Pennines National Landscape)
(North Pennines National Landscape)
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Carl Richards
October 3, 2020
Road cycling
This is a great place to walk along Hadrians wall, above the Whin Sill to Sycamore gap.
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Elevation 330 m
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