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    SPITTLE SYKE, DEEP DALE, GISBURN SD 835 495

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    Post  Guest Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:18 am

    Spittle Syke flows through Deep Dale to join Stock Beck NE of Gisburn. Deep Dale dyke is part of a Linear Earthwork that is the 'Coal Pit Lane' Dyke.

    The name 'spittle' may refer to the site of a mediaeval hospital as is the case with 'Spittle Field' above Barrowford SD 852 403.

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