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Rock ArtSite Name: Rivington StoneCountry: England County: Lancashire Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Chorley Nearest Village: Rivington / Anderton
Map Ref: SD62181378
Latitude: 53.619187N Longitude: 2.573222W
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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This small cup and ring marked stone, originally found in the bank of Rivington Lower Reservoir in 1999, used to stand in a rock garden in the car park of Anderton Hall Lodge on New Road, just east of Anderton village, at SD 6153 1400. It is now located in the Anderton Leisure Centre.
The Journal of Antiquities features a page for this cup and ring marked stone - see their entry for Rivington Cup-Marked Stone, Anderton, Lancashire, which includes a photograph of the stone and a drawing of its motifs.
Update February 2023: See the comments by Paul L below. He tells us he found the stone much earlier than 1999, and it was originally thought to be the fossil of a tree stump. Thanks for letting us know, Paul - much appreciated.
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