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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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The Plague Stone
Date Added: 10th Jun 2020
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
The Plague Stone submitted by Vicky on 18th Oct 2001. THE PLAGUE STONE , Higher Sutton, near Macclesfield SJ9561469227
This wayside cross, possibly a Christianised standing stone, was apparently the place where goods were left by the healthy for sale to the plague-stricken. The latter took the goods and left the money in a pot of water. Interestingly the 1904 OS map shows an isolation hospital located near by.
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Log Text: Spectacular views - very limited parking.
This ancient cross is very close to my house, and I often go up here to admire the view feel the ambience, and have a little peace and quiet.
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 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.
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.
The Bridestones (Cheshire)
Date Added: 10th Jun 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
The Bridestones (Cheshire) submitted by astronomer on 15th Apr 2011. Lifting the fallen monolith during the 1936-37 excavation.
Photo taken by the then land owner, Mr. G. Ech Roger Jnr. Previously unpublished image made available by the present owner of the glass negatives, Doug Pickford.
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Log Text: Worth the trip to visit this impressive site.
Gawsworth henge
Date Added: 10th Jun 2020
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2020. My rating: Condition -1 Ambience 3 Access 5
Gawsworth Henge submitted by vicky on 6th Dec 2003. The remaining earthworks of the possible henge at Gawsworth near Macclesfield. It was reputedly largely destroyed in the 1980s 'for agricultural reasons'.
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Log Text: Close to home - nothing to see in 2020,
Sutton Hall
Date Added: 10th Jun 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Sutton Hall submitted by PaulM on 14th Aug 2001. This somewhat dilapidated barrow (now the resting place of a water trough) is located adjacent to the grounds of Sutton Hall (pricey country pub). NGR: SJ92497132 (map 118). It can be viewed from Bullocks Lane, Sutton (east of Macclesfield).
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Log Text: Not very impressive, but a nice easy walk with good local pubs close by.
Woodhouse End
Date Added: 10th Jun 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2020. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3
Woodhouse End submitted by PaulM on 30th Aug 2001. WOODHOUSE END BEAKER BARROW, GAWSWORTH, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE
NGR: SJ915695 (Landranger map 118)
Located close to the A523 Macclesfield to Leek road (and visible from the carpark of the Fools Nook pub) this beaker barrow was constructed in three phases. Excavations took place in the late 1960's but were delayed by the Foot and Mouth epidemic.
A primary burial was discovered in a pit with subsidiary ones closer to the edge. A large number of pot sherds and flints were also discovered th...
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Log Text: Nothing much worth viewing from the road.
Macclesfield Forest
Date Added: 11th Jun 2020
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2020
Log Text: To my knowledge this listing does not exist.
There are a lot of dry stone walls in the area, but the info in this listing gives no clue as to where to look.
Macclesfield Common II
Date Added: 11th Jun 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cessbank Common
Date Added: 15th Jun 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2019. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Cessbank Common submitted by vicky on 17th Jul 2002. A supposed barrow on Cess Bank Common near Wincle at GR: SJ958681, partially quarried and later reused as a dog's grave.
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Arbor Low 1
Date Added: 16th Jul 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Arbor Low 1 submitted by SueS on 23rd Oct 2011. Aerial photo of the central prt of Arbor Low taken by a camera hanging on the kite line
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Lawrence Field
Date Added: 18th Oct 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 17th Oct 2024. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 2 Access 3
Lawrence Field submitted by nicoladidsbury on 6th Mar 2005. Standing Stone at Lawrence Field
The stone has a strange groove in the top. This view looks over to the Tor know as Mother Cap
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Log Text: Not much to see as overgrown with heather and bracken.
Satan's Stone
Date Added: 6th Nov 2020
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Nov 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Satan's Stone submitted by TimPrevett on 13th Aug 2007. The field beneath the church is supposedly where the deeply grooved Satan Stone was rolled to, having originally been where the church is over 800 years ago. This view looks NNE to Shutlingsloe - a very important landmark and hill for the area.
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Menhir de Kerlagadec
Date Added: 17th Aug 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 17th Aug 2021. My rating: Ambience 2 Access 5
Menhir de Kerlagadec submitted by gritstone on 17th Aug 2021. Menhir de Kerlagadec
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Log Text: At side of riad, very vegetated.
Dolmen de Roc'h Toul
Date Added: 17th Aug 2021
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 17th Aug 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Dolmen de Roc'h Toul submitted by ginette on 9th Dec 2006. A real 'fairy house' of a dolmen at the top of a hill on the edge of moorland, near to Mael Pestivien in Côtes-D'Armor.
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Log Text: Nice spot, easy access via a 100m walk over a field from the road.
Allée Couverte de Pempoul
Date Added: 17th Aug 2021
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 17th Aug 2021. My rating: Ambience 3 Access 5
Allée Couverte de Pempoul submitted by gritstone on 17th Aug 2021. Passage grave, or field clearance?
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Log Text: Passage grave or field clearing? See my photos
St Gildas Well (Magoar)
Date Added: 17th Aug 2021
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 17th Aug 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
St Gildas Well (Magoar) submitted by JohnGinny on 17th Mar 2011. Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) France
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Log Text: Worth a visit.
Dolmen de Keranquéré
Date Added: 17th Aug 2021
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 17th Aug 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Dolmen de Keranquéré submitted by karolus on 10th Jan 2019. Site in Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22) France
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Log Text: In the middle of the field, and VERY buried in the undergrowth in high summer.
There are several erratics(?) very close by in the surrounding fields.