Andy Farrant
Active member
As far as I understand it, a ruckle is a term borrowed from the peat industry, a 'ruckle' being a pile of peat turves (peat 'bricks') stacked up for drying. These 'ruckles' could be a couple of metres tall. So, there is a similarity between a stack of peat turves and a pile of boulders. Willie Stanton used the term in many of his papers and articles. See https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/woman-completes-a-ruckle-of-peat-in-somerset-news-photo/3267045