THE CORPSE ROAD

THE CORPSES ROAD RUNS ROUND THE SHOULDER OF CROSS FELL,

FROM KIRKLAND TO GARRIGILL.THE NAME THE CORPSE ROAD COMES

FROM THE TRADITIONAL USE AS A ROUTE TO BRING DEAD MINERS

ACROSS THE FELLS FROM TEESDALE, FOR BURIAL IN KIRKLAND.

A LOCAL STORY TELLS HOW, ON A BLEAK WINTERS DAY A GROUP BRINGING A DEAD MINER

ACROSS THE CORPSE ROAD, STRAPPED TO A PACK HORSE,WAS OVERTAKEN BY A BLIZZARD.

THEY WERE FORCED TO UNLOAD AND LEAVE THE CORPSE,WHICH THEN REMAINED

ON THE HILL SIDE UNTIL IT COULD BE RECOVERED WEEKS LATER.

THERE IS A SMALL MOUNTAIN HUT CALLED GREG'S HUT, THIS IS FOR SHELTER WHEN

THE WEATHER GETS BAD. THERE IS A SMALL STOVE FOR WARMTH AND A FEW CANDLES.

ON THE WALL OF GREG'S HUT, THERE IS A POSTER GIVING DETAILS OF MILEAGE TO

KIRKLAND 4 MILES AND GARRIGILL 4.5 MILES IT ALSO TELLS YOU WERE THE NEAREST

TELEPHONE BOX IS. IT ALSO GIVES A ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID REFERENCE.

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