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| Curricks, or Piles of Stone? |
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| Curricks are small enclosures built with stones, out on the hills, which are said
to have been used as sheltered lookouts by shepherds. |
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| As one observer has noted, they are "some rocks which might be in a pile". |
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| BUT: there is no reliable definition of what a currick is. |
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| The meaning of the term is uncertain. |
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| Ann Wheeler in a glossary, 1860, suggests a Kirock is a large heap of stones, a boundary
mark, a burial place, a guide for travellers, ... |
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| Robert Ferguson about 1873 says for currick see kirrock, a circle of stones, druidical
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| Wheeler, Ann: 1860: Westmorland Dialect: Smith, John Russell (London) Ferguson, Robert: 1873 (about): Dialect of Cumberland: Williams and Norgate (London) (et al) |
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Bowscale Fell, Mungrisdale, NY33353054 -- Shelter, (photo 3.8.2011) | ||
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Robinson, Above Derwent, NY20221692 -- Cairn, or shelter; perhaps a currick? (photo 3.5.2011) | ||
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Yew Bank, Kirkby Ireleth, SD26249096 -- Cairn and shelter, currick? (photo 18.10.2017) | ||
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