River Gelt

[2] On 20 February 1570 it saw the Battle of Gelt Bridge, when Leonard Dacre and his forces were defeated by Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon.

In 2019 the archaeology department of the University of Newcastle undertook a 3D scan of the site discovering it was more extensive than previously thought.

[4] The task involves descending by rope or in a gantry, 30 feet (9.1 m) into the quarry and recording the rock face using structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry.

"They provide insight into the organisation of the vast construction project that Hadrian's Wall was, as well as some very human and personal touches, such as the caricature of their commanding officer inscribed by one group of soldiers.

This view is more consistent with the name Geltsdale, where the suffix dale clearly derives from the word for valley in Old Norse; see Cumbrian toponymy.

Other place names of clearly Old Norse origin in the area include the tarns, fells, and becks, from the words for small lake, mountain and stream.