The old church, of Castle Carrock, was supposed to have been built out of the ruins of an old castle, that stood nearby and what makes the tradition probable, is, there were several broken pieces of carved stones in the walls of the old church.

On the summit of the fell are two cairns, one of great magnitude, called Hespeck Raise.

About the year 1775, a farmer, removing a large cairn of stones, near Gelt bridge, found a human skeleton in a sort of stone coffin, and it was generally supposed, from the sudden and visible alteration in his circumstances, that he also found there something of considerable value.