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<< Text Pages >> Great Woolden Hall - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Greater Manchester

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Multi-periodSite Name: Great Woolden Hall
Country: England County: Greater Manchester Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Irlam  Nearest Village: Glazebrook
Map Ref: SJ698929  Landranger Map Number: 109
Latitude: 53.432012N  Longitude: 2.456009W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
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Ancient Settlement in Greater Manchester (Salford)

Limited excavations were carried out on this one-hectare, double-ditched enclosure by Michael Nevell in the 1980s and radiocarbon analysis provided a date in the 1st century BC. There appeared to be several circular features within the enclosure. The site was bounded on three sides by Chat Moss, the Rixton/Risley Mosses and the Glazebrook, a tributary of the River Mersey. It may therefore have been placed to take advantage of the natural defences provided by the wetlands.

For further information see Nevell, M.D. “Great Woolden Hall: excavations on a late prehistoric /Romano-British native site”, Greater Manchester Archaeological Journal volume 3 (1989) and "Prehistoric Cheshire" by V & P Morgan, Landmark Publishng (2004).
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Great Woolden Hall Farm
Great Woolden Hall Farm submitted by LivingRocks : Great Woolden Hall Farm Hillfort, south-west view of the site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SJ6992 : Farmland near Glazebrook by JThomas
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SJ6992 : Glaze Brook, Cadishead, Salford by Keith Williamson
by Keith Williamson
©2005(licence)
SJ6992 : Glazebrook East Junction by David Dixon
by David Dixon
©2011(licence)
SJ7092 : Glazebrook East Junction by Alan Murray-Rust
by Alan Murray-Rust
©2013(licence)
SJ7092 : Approaching Glazebrook East Junction by Peter Whatley
by Peter Whatley
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