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Multi-periodSite Name: Werneth Low EnclosureCountry: England County: Greater Manchester Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Hyde Nearest Village: Godley Green
Map Ref: SJ97099315 Landranger Map Number: 109
Latitude: 53.435122N Longitude: 2.045268W
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 |
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Ditched Enclosure in Greater Manchester
This double ditched enclosure is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 1085517, which tells us this site was first discovered from air photos. It is thought to be late Iron Age or Roman. "Excavations in 1992 across the north-east corner provided a 3rd century AD date for one ditch fill".
The Journal of Antiquities also features a page for this site - see their entry for Werneth Low and Hangingbank, Greater Manchester, which features a description and a photograph. The Journal entry also includes information about another settlement or farmstead called Hanginbank at SJ 9647 9352 - see the Portal's page for Hangingbank, Werneth Low.
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