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Walls often contain a variety of openings. Margaret Brooks (1973) considers these in some detail for the West Riding of Yorkshire. Apart from gateways and stiles, there are two main types of openings. These are the small ‘water smoots’ or ‘rabbit smoots’, and the larger ‘cripple holes’. Cripple holes, also known as ‘hogg holes’, ‘thawls’,...