<< Our Photo Pages >> Dry Hillock Marker Stone - Marker Stone in England in Greater Manchester
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Date UncertainSite Name: Dry Hillock Marker StoneCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.91 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Greater Manchester Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Town: Bolton Nearest Village: Harwood
Map Ref: SD7511310830
Latitude: 53.593449N Longitude: 2.377475W
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 |
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SolarMegalith visited on 1st Jul 2008 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Located behind buildings of Dry Hillock homestead.
The stone is shown on the 1845 OS and is easily reached via the footpath from the main road.
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