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Middleark Scar

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • (the) Mickle arke 1652,1684 BdyR(M.4,5)
  • Mid(d)le ark 1684 Dd 1720 BdyR(M.14)

Etymology

, 1859OS , (the ) Mickle arke 1652,1684BdyR (M. 4, 5), Mid (d )le ark 1684Dd , 1720BdyR (M. 14) , v. micel ' great ' ; ark is probably NCy dial . ark used of ' a largecoffer or bin for storing meal, etc . ' ; the place is near a small sheep fold below the scar on Little Fell and may have been a storage place for sheep fodder ; for the use of ark as a fishing contrivance cf. Eel Ark (i, 143supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site