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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dry Hillock Marker Stone - Marker Stone in England in Greater Manchester

Submitted by David on Friday, 11 April 2008  Page Views: 8151

Date UncertainSite Name: Dry Hillock Marker Stone
Country: 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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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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.

Dry Hillock Marker Stone
Dry Hillock Marker Stone submitted by David : (Vote or comment on this photo)
Possible Boundary/Marker Stone in Greater Manchester

The stone is shown on the 1845 OS and is easily reached via the footpath from the main road.
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Dry Hillock Marker Stone
Dry Hillock Marker Stone submitted by David : Or maybe it is rubbed by a horse and that has worn the sides away. This is fairly recent and nobody has searched the stone for cupmarks. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dry Hillock Marker Stone
Dry Hillock Marker Stone submitted by David : Another old picture of the standing stone, where the erosion from animal rubbing may be made out on both sides halfway up. This is probably by sheep though horses are grazed there more recently. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dry Hillock Marker Stone
Dry Hillock Marker Stone submitted by David : An old photograph of the standing stone from the footpath to it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dry Hillock Marker Stone
Dry Hillock Marker Stone submitted by SolarMegalith : Mysterious standing stone - there are various theories about period when it was erected - it might be Roman or medieval marker stone (photo taken on July 2008). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dry Hillock Marker Stone
Dry Hillock Marker Stone submitted by David :

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Re: Dry Hillock by Anonymous on Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Just wondering, is this not a boundary stone? Went to see it today, it is right on the border

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