Rigg Beck
Rigg Beck is a minor river of Cumbria in England.
Rigg Beck is also the name of a famous dwelling – the Purple House[1] – placed where the Beck crosses the Keskadale road, and which formed an excellent starting point for exploring the fells.[2]
Source and course[edit]
Rigg Beck arises at the top of the high pass between Ard Crags and Causey Pike, of the latter of which it forms one boundary.[3] The beck flows eventually into Newlands Beck.[4]
The path alongside Rigg Beck forms an attractive pedestrian route between Newlands Valley and Buttermere.[5]
Literary associations[edit]
- The Scottish poet Margot Adamson wrote of the beck “Young as the grass that fringes where it sprays,/Old as the clefts from whence it takes its flight”.[6]
- The Purple House (Rigg Beck) was associated with poets like Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Famous Purple House...
- ^ A Wainwright, The North-Western Fells (Kendall 1964) Ard Crags 3
- ^ A Wainwright, The North-Western Fells (Kendall 1964) Ard Crags 1 and Causey Pike 2
- ^ A Wainwright, The North-Western Fells (Kendall 1964) Causey Pike 2
- ^ A Wainwright, Wainwright in the Valleys of Lakeland (London 1996) p. 214
- ^ G Lindop, A Literary Guide to the Lake District (London 1993) p. 199
54°34′16″N 3°11′02″W / 54.571°N 3.184°W