<< Our Photo Pages >> Lady Hill - Round Barrow(s) in England in Greater Manchester
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Date UncertainSite Name: Lady HillCountry: England County: Greater Manchester Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Golborne
Map Ref: SJ5916497670
Latitude: 53.474166N Longitude: 2.616705W
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 |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Steven Dowd transcribed the following from the 1916 Vol II, J H Lane book on Newton. Its a description of the walk from Haydock Park along the Dean Valley, Past Dean Dam, Lady Hill, Castle Hill and on towards Newton Lake Dam, and County Bridge.
J H Lane has this to say - "We climb the slope, and, seeing the keeper, ask permission to accompany him on his morning round. We pass the farm-house occupied by Mr. David Garton, and note the large fields on the right, in which the celebrated seed specialists, Garton Brothers, made their interesting and valuable experiments in grass and corn cross-fertilization. Soon we reach the wood, and, keeping to the winding path, look admiringly at the giant boles of century-old beeches, chestnuts, and other trees. In a short time we arrive at Lady Hill, a bowl barrow some six or seven feet in height and 160 feet in circumference - half the circumference of Castle Hill. Around its rim are eight mighty beeches with long boughs stretching parallel with the ground and with tops towering above those of the adjacent trees. Originally there seems to have been twelve beeches upon the hill; and, in gazing upon the mound and the trees, we wonder for what purposes the former was raised and the latter were planted" For full transcription go here.
The hill was excavated in 2007, organised by Bob Hayes, a local historian. This was supported by Steven Dowd, (also a local historian), Mark Olly, the boy scouts who provided digging support, Sheila Mughal & family, (also local historian) & Liverpool archaeology team, plus lots of others. We found traces of a cremation & part of a human skull. The full dig was recorded and is available on YouTube over several episodes in you search on "Lady Hill Dig" See below for the links.
Note: Video: Lady Hill - Sad and Sorry state Feb 2023 - see further down our page
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