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Ricardo Morales :
Coffin roads 🎵 ⚰️Take me home 🎶
2026-10-31 14:41:45
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Emma :
The way I shouted “corpse road” because I knew this from reading my favorite book series 😅
2026-10-30 22:57:02
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Nancy Sizer :
Had no idea this was a thing! Also, points for "dead straight"
2026-10-30 21:57:57
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hxcbimbo :
I built this fyp brick by brick
2026-10-31 08:44:39
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ar1_ht2 :
I'd heard lychgate as pronounced as "litch-gate", with litch as the old word for corpse
2026-10-31 00:57:06
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Lena :
My spouse is writing a Medieval horror series and I have begged them to incorporate this lore somehow!
2026-11-07 03:46:01
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bekka :
its not a physical road but in the song Loch lomond it speaks of a jacobite who is captured and executed and in the song he tells his true love to take the high road and he'll take the low road and they'll meet on the banks of Loch lomond, the high road is the path the living take, the low road is the spiritual path back home. in scottish folklore if someone dies in a foreign land their soul goes on a journey back home to scotland
2026-11-08 00:48:48
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ivynaslund :
As a student of urban design, I find this incredibly fascinating! We might consider modern urban planning as a more "rational" process than the organic and at times superstitious development of medieval towns. But our public spaces are still very much informed by cultural norms and ritualistic practices which we often take for granted. Take the concept of going to a park to enjoy "nature", for example. It's a relatively modern invention that coincides with the rise of urbanisation and shifting cultural beliefs regarding the division between "the natural", and "the built" world. Walking through a park subsequently comes with its own set of conventions regarding appropriate movement and behavior. This informs the design of our parks, but also compounds and perpetuates the cultural practices surrounding them. I'm perpetually fascinated by how cultural practices both shape, and constantly shaped by, our built environment. Anyway - rant over. Keep doing what you're doing!! If you've ever considered it, I would love to see longer form content ♥️I could totally listen to you talk about niche historical topics on YouTube for hours lol
2026-10-30 23:06:27
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goombagoomba8.307squared :
I love how they negotiated with their own beliefs, oh if I put it on the coffin stone then technically it's not on the ground, since spirits obviously senses the difference between a stone and the ground 😅
2026-10-30 20:57:08
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Sigurdson :
Chinese popular folklore suggests a non-linear path confounds evil spirits (which are believed to only travel in straight lines). Bridges may be built to follow a zigzag path the keep ghosts from traveling over them.
2026-10-31 09:17:13
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EvilLauraPalmer :
Lived in rural england my whole life and never knew this! I gotta go looking 👀
2026-10-31 00:37:55
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TerryFranksmate :
“ Dead Straight “ is a clue
2026-10-31 11:17:17
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Edmund O'Connor :
As an added bonus, there's often a nice pub at either end of the road. The pallbearers needed some liquid refreshment!
2026-11-01 02:50:20
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✰ᴀᴠɪᴠᴀ✰ :
I’m a skeptic but a spooky girl at heart and oh my gosh the way I want to go ghost hunting on a corpse road and an old church.
2026-10-31 00:11:29
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Ant_P385 :
There's a place near me called Dedmanstone, which is where bodies were left over night on the trip to the church
2026-10-30 23:11:43
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Victorialaurenx :
The Lyke wake walk is a 40 mile coffin route across the North Yorkshire moors! You can claim the title of a witch or dirger if you complete the challenge, which is to finish the walk in 24 hours. I did it this year and it wasn’t easy
2026-11-01 09:21:22
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Jojo :
The name Lychroad or Lychgate is so interesting to me because in German, Leiche (pronounced Lych-eh) means corpse. Goes to show that the languages share common ancestry.
2026-11-01 00:19:46
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Peace Pirate :
Not sure that Stonehenge would fit with the timescales you're talking about...
2026-10-30 23:14:51
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Tiffany :
Fantastic. I live in Cumbria where we have several examples. They weren’t used exclusively for the dead. And it’s pronounced litch rather than lietch here.
2026-10-31 11:04:13
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potnineo :
That’s so interesting, if I saw one of those stones I would probably assume it was a mounting block to help with climbing on to a horse. I’d never guess what it was really for!
2026-10-30 20:05:05
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Camry :
this is the Te Deum Stone local to me on an old corpse road Yorkshire
2026-10-31 23:46:33
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kellie :
I live so close to Grasmere and knew nothing of this! can't wait to plan a walk on a coffin route next weekend! thanks for sharing
2026-10-31 22:30:58
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Jack :
“Straight lines let the devil in.” 🙀 Like most gothic cathedrals that are built on a bent-axis. 🧐
2026-10-30 23:33:47
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Fleur :
fascinating as always!
2026-10-30 19:49:40
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Cheryl D :
They’re great walks, too. If you see one, they’re well worn paths and through beautiful terrain.
2026-10-31 09:56:33
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