<< Our Photo Pages >> Jeffrey Hill Cairn Circle - Cairn in England in Lancashire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Jeffrey Hill Cairn Circle Alternative Name: Thornley Hall Cairn CircleCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.449 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Lancashire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Longridge Nearest Village: Chipping
Map Ref: SD644404
Latitude: 53.858594N Longitude: 2.542738W
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| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 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 |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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About 3 miles NE of Longridge is Jeffrey Hill a picnic area at the edge of Longridge Fell. 200 yards NE of the car park there is a Bronze Age cairn circle which is not marked on the OS map. It is a circular feature of loose stones, some of which have been placed here in more recent times. Sadly, the site has become overgrown with heather, but in all it measures between 25-30 feet in diameter.
It is similar in some respects to the Bronze-Age cairn circle at Turton to the S of Blackburn which was said to have been a roundhouse.
To the NW of Jeffrey Hill where the hillside falls away from the circle, there is a rectangular feature/earthwork measuring 70 ft x 15 ft. This was thought to have been an entrance or portal to the site. And a little further away, in the same direction and close to the Roman road to Ribchester, are traces of hut circles together with a tumulus/burial mound, now alas difficult to see at ground level.
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