<< Text Pages >> Holgate Howe Barrow - Round Barrow(s) in England in Greater Manchester
Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 25 March 2004 Page Views: 4345
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Holgate Howe BarrowCountry: England County: Greater Manchester Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Oldham Nearest Village: Holme
Map Ref: SE067048 Landranger Map Number: 110
Latitude: 53.539805N Longitude: 1.900373W
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 |
0 | no data |
Internal Links:
External Links:
Round Barrow in Greater Manchester
Have you visited this site? Please add a comment below.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive OS mapKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
499m SW 217° Holgate Howe Cup & Ringmarks Rock Art (SE064044)
760m ENE 67° Black Hill Cairn (SE074051)
4.7km N 7° Rocking Stone (Meltham Moor) Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SE07280944)
5.7km NNE 21° Oldfield Hill (Meltham) Ancient Village or Settlement (SE0874510097)
5.7km W 273° Pots and Pans Stone (Greenfield)* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SE0100805072)
5.8km S 183° Highstones earthwork* Misc. Earthwork (SK064990)
6.3km NNW 327° Mount Rd stone* Marker Stone (SE033101)
6.6km NNW 328° Pule Hill (Marsden) Cairn (SE03231039)
6.9km NNW 347° Samuel Laycock's Monument (Marsden)* Carving (SE0512011485)
7.7km WNW 303° Jackson's Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SE00200905)
8.4km WSW 248° Buckton Castle Hillfort (SD9890501634)
8.8km SW 236° Harridge Pike Cairn (SJ994999)
9.1km WNW 287° Delph Tumulus Round Barrow(s) (SD980074)
9.2km N 2° Slaithwaite Cross Ancient Cross (SE0714)
9.2km SSE 165° Kissing Stones* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SK091959)
9.5km NNW 328° March Hill Mesolithic Camp Ancient Village or Settlement (SE0163612804)
10.0km NE 56° Hagg Woods (Thornbridge) Cairn (SE1493410443)
10.2km SSW 203° Mouselow Castle Hillfort (SK027954)
10.3km SW 229° Hobson Moor Cairn I Cairn (SJ990980)
10.3km SW 229° Stalybridge Cairn* Cairn (SJ989980)
10.7km SW 225° Hobson Moor Cairn II Cairn (SJ991972)
10.9km SW 226° Buckton Edge Cairn (SJ989972)
11.5km N 5° Rocking Stone (Golcar) Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SE076163)
11.5km N 5° Whole Stone (Golcar) Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SE077163)
11.6km SSW 193° Carr House Lane standing stone Standing Stone (Menhir) (SK041935)
View more nearby sites and additional images