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<< Our Photo Pages >> Torrisholme - Round Barrow(s) in England in Lancashire

Submitted by LivingRocks on Tuesday, 03 May 2005  Page Views: 11970

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Torrisholme
Country: England County: Lancashire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Torrisholme  Nearest Village: Lancaster
Map Ref: SD45966425
Latitude: 54.071333N  Longitude: 2.827304W
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.
 5 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
 4

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Torrisholme
Torrisholme submitted by LivingRocks : Approaching the barrow from the south. The trig point is popular with the local cattle as a scratching post. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow in Lancashire

Bowl barrow located on the summit of a small hill north east of Torrisholme village, with housing developments very close on both the south and west sides of the hill. The flat topped circular mound of earth and small stones measures 32m in diameter and up to 2.3m high on the steeply sloping east side, and 1.4m high on the north side. There is an ordnance survey triangulation point sited on top of the barrow. Despite the encroachment of the town there are still excellent views over Morecambe Bay to the north and Lancaster to the south-east.

This site is scheduled as Historic England List ID 1008912 (see description above) and recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 41141, the summary of which reads: "Bronze Age round barrow surviving as an earthwork. The monument is also visible as an earthwork on air photographs mapped as part of the North West Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey."

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this site - see their entry for Torrisholme Barrow, Morecambe, Lancashire, which gives directions for finding the barrow, together with photographs, a description and local folklore, which says this was an old moot or meeting hill.
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Torrisholme
Torrisholme submitted by sumdoood : From a little beyond the previous shot this is a view from the southern edge of the feature including (what I assume to be), a neglected field boundary. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Torrisholme
Torrisholme submitted by sumdoood : From the north. What looks as if it might be part of a double ring is a field boundary and the summit feature behind. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Torrisholme
Torrisholme submitted by sumdoood : Warton Crag (hill fort), right of centre. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Torrisholme
Torrisholme submitted by sumdoood : Crumbling trig point to the right. Ahead is a view to the south with Slyne Road to the east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Torrisholme
Torrisholme submitted by sumdoood : The (track?) depression running westward to(wards) Barrow Lane. (The depression to the right aligns with a former field boundary.

Torrisholme
Torrisholme submitted by sumdoood : Over Morecambe Bay to the Lake District.

Torrisholme
Torrisholme submitted by LivingRocks : The barrow is seen best from the north.

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Re: Torrisholme by SumDoood on Saturday, 05 November 2011
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Even though it's a Scheduled Ancient Monument I had some doubts about this not particularly round "Bronze Age Round Barrow". The encroachment of 1960s-type bungalowland is a great distraction, but here http://bit.ly/rRaQSd at 1:2,500 scale one can see that the doubtless ancient track running past to the west is named "Barrow" Lane. (Ignoring invasions from suburban gardens I counted 8 tree species in a random 100m length of its laneside hedges). The presence of an ancient route might well tend to support the age of the feature. One wonders to what extent (and whether up or down or both), the sea level has changed over the lifetime of Barrow Lane. Its line may well have been selected to avoid salt marsh and other such hard going. Although most are no longer effective as such, there are substantial field boundaries across the hill two of which run right up and into the feature. Immediately north of the feature one can see ridge and furrow strips. West from the feature is a depression / bank running to Barrow Lane but not quite joining it. It appears not to be a field boundary. Doubtless tree cover has varied. At present one needs to take a few steps north from the feature to obtain a clear view north (with a touch of east) of Pike o' Stickle indicating the location of Langdale's neolithic axe factory. To NNE Warton Crag hill fort can be clearly seen. To ESE is a clear view of the location of the quern quarries above Quernmore.
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