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Cromlech Crock Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Wraxall

Etymology

, 1811 OS , used of a high stretch of the M . Newton - Crewkerne road , here forming the par . bdy between Wraxall and Toller Porcorum , according to GazetteerSuppl 44 also called Crimmercrock Lane and formerly with a cromlech on its verge , cf. the tumulus ( 6″ ) on the NE side of the road ; for Crock , cf. perhaps Crock Lane in Bothenhampton par . infra .