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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Winter Hill CairnCountry: England County: Lancashire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Bolton Nearest Village: Horwich
Map Ref: SD65581499 Landranger Map Number: 109
Latitude: 53.630297N Longitude: 2.521959W
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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One of several barrows to be found on Winter Hill, the remains of the Winter Hill Cairn are situated close to the TV masts on the summit.
Excavated by Mr C.E.P Rosser of Manchester University in 1958, carbon dating of pollen from the site indicates an age of around 1500 BC.
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