'gates' in dykes

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wideford Oct 17, 2005 21:06:39
Replying to Moth

Ah, yes, Leafea is a very good size match. And I know the pair by Congasquoy were a gate because there was a nearby dwelling called Grind 'gate' as A.W. Jonstone says. So which came first, dyke or gate. Unless they were a package from the start after all.

W wideford
wideford Oct 17, 2005 21:09:41
Replying to wideford

should have said Leafea too

S StoneLifter
StoneLifter Oct 17, 2005 21:30:15
Replying to wideford

The problem with that reasoning is that in Norse 'gate', I think pronounced 'gatay', meant a road or thoroughfare. In Notlob (home of the Vikings) we have Deansgate, Churchgate and Bradshawgate, the three main thoroughfares of the old town (before the A666 eg).