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Date UncertainSite Name: Two Lads (Rivington) Alternative Name: The Winter LadsCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.175 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Greater Manchester Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Bolton Nearest Village: Rivington
Map Ref: SD65541330
Latitude: 53.615105N Longitude: 2.522376W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Another writer suggests there was a rectangular ditch enclosing the cairns but no trace of this remains now. Rasbotham called the cairns the Winter Lads and it is not impossible the two cairns framed a winter solstice sunset, from a site in Smithills that has now been lost. The local lore tells of two boys who perished on the moor during a vicious snowstorm.
For a long time there were two well built stone cairns then, in the late 70s, a third one appeared. The site has formerely been listed as an Ancient Monument but this has probably now been rescinded. The cairns are much altered and a report from early 2021 tells that one of the cairns has been pulled apart. A simple geo-phys survey should answer many questions and perhaps give hints as to what the original monument looked like, suggesting an appropriate direction for restoration.
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