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Bosley Minn 2 & 3
Date Added: 10th Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bosley Minn 2 & 3 submitted by Vicky on 13th Nov 2001. THE MINN END LANE II & III STANDING STONES, Wincle, Near Macclesfield, Cheshire SJ94006603 & SJ94006603
Theses two 'gateposts' stand along the line of the same wall as the three authentic Bronze Age standing stones. They could just be modern gateposts, but it seems strange that every other piece of stone has been moved from the wall apart from these two.
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Log Text: These look like old stone gateposts to my inexperienced eye.
Bosley Minn 4 & 5
Date Added: 10th Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bosley Minn 4 & 5 submitted by Vicky on 18th Oct 2001. THE MINN END LANE IV & V STANDING STONES, Wincle, near Macclesfield, Cheshire SJ9402766213 & SJ9402866216
The northern-most pair of stones on Minn End Lane. Again these two are probably prehistoric but adapted to gate posts. They both lean to differing extents and are more weathered than II and III. Both are listed on the County Sites and Monuments Record as a Bronze Age standing stones. (There are two other stones in between these and the at SJ9400366030 & SJ9400366032 However, these two ...
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Log Text: As a complete inexperienced amateur, I'd say these are common stone gateposts, of which I can find many undocumented in this (my local) area, that are very similar to these.
Clulow Cross
Date Added: 10th Jun 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2020. My rating: Ambience 4
Clulow Cross submitted by vicky on 22nd Jul 2002. Clulow Cross - possibly a prehistoric round barrow surmounted by a more recent cross.
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Log Text: No public access, so it's almost impossible to see this from the road - you have to look really hard into the copse of trees (perhaps take binoculars next time).
Bosley Minn 1
Date Added: 10th Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2020
Bosley Minn 1 submitted by gritstone on 9th Jun 2020. Bosley Minn 1, showing the magnificient view west across the Cheshire plane. Cycling is a great way to view the local sites.
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