Type
Moor, Path
In Calderdale a causey is a footpath made of stone slabs across fields and open moorland. They are a very distinctive feature of the local landscape. They link farms, or led down to mills in the valleys ( called cloughs here), and many were packhorse trails across the moors. Some are monastic routes going back at least to the middle ages, although they are essentially undateable. [J.W.]
Etymology
Possibly a version of ’causeway’? (ie they provided safe tracks across boggy moorland?) [J.W.]
Example locations
- Shackleton
West Yorkshire
Entry contributors:
Judith Wilson