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Kirk, a ring embankment on the brink of the gill which encloses the site on two sides, probably sepulchral, and perhaps connected with the great cairn, as there are the remains of an avenue of standing stones leading in that direction. A field near this is called
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Kirk Sinkings, with which compare
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Kirk Sunken, the name of the Swinside Circle, and of other similar sites. _Kirk_ or _Currock_ does not imply a consecrated spot, but is the common word (surviving from the
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Cumbrian