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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
- placed where the Beck crosses the Keskadale road, and which formed an excellent
starting
point for
exploring
the
fells
.
Literary
associations
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”.
The
Purple
House
was associated with
poets
like
Sylvia Plath
and
Ted Hughes
.
