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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hades HillCountry: England County: Greater Manchester Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Bacup Nearest Village: Whitworth
Map Ref: SD908202 Landranger Map Number: 103
Latitude: 53.678182N Longitude: 2.140752W
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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Kerb Cairn in Greater Manchester (Rochdale)
This barrow/cairn is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 46134, an extract of which reads: "A barrow measuring circa 15 metres north to south, circa 13 metres esat to west, and 0.9 metres high was excavated in 1898. It lay on the Hades Hill side of the depression between Hades Hill and Rough Hill near Facit. The urn, which lay near the centre of the barrow, was ornamented by rope imprints placed chevronwise, and was of the Celtic two tier variety. It contained burnt bones (probably female) flint flakes, a scraper and a fine pointed borer. Also found in the barrow were animal bones, charcoal, flint implements and a barbed arrow head. There were no metal objects. The urn and contents were deposited in the March Collection at the Rochdale Free Library."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also feature a page for this cairn - see their entry for Hades Hill, Whitworth, Lancashire, which gives directions for finding this site, together with a brief archaeology.
TNA advise: "Its exact location is close to a footpath halfway between Hades hill and Rough hill, though it is not mentioned on modern OS maps. It is quite difficult to get to so be ready for a long hard walk." (Please note, TNA give a slightly different grid reference to that given by Pastscape. TNA say it is SD 909 202, rather than SD 908 202.)
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