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<< Our Photo Pages >> Winter Hill Cairn - Cairn in England in Lancashire

Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 9724

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Winter Hill Cairn
Country: 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:
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
2 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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Winter Hill Cairn
Winter Hill Cairn submitted by LivingRocks : 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. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Winter Hill Cairn
Winter Hill Cairn submitted by LivingRocks : The Winter Hill Cairn. A late afternoon view showing the proximity of the cairn to the television masts (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SD6514 : Cairn on Winter Hill by Gary Rogers
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SD6515 : Communication masts on Winter Hill by Gary Rogers
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SD6515 : Nearly there, on the way to Winter Hill by thejackrustles
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SD6515 : Heading north off Winter Hill by Karl and Ali
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Winter Hill Bronze Age Burial Cairn, Belmont by Andy B on Sunday, 11 September 2022
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Around 3500 years ago, a group of Bronze Age people gathered on Winter Hill to honour one of their dead. They constructed a burial cairn, into which they laid the deceased’s cremated remains. The mound they constructed was sizeable, some 19 metres across, bounded by a low boulder wall running around its perimeter.

https://lancashirepast.com/2022/07/02/winter-hill-bronze-age-burial-cairn-belmont/
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Re: Winter Hill Cairn by chris_tonge on Wednesday, 14 November 2018
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Sadly this cairn at SD 65581 14995 was damaged by fire control work in June 2018. It is no longer recognisable as a cairn. Noon Hill cairn nearby just missed getting similar treatment.
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    Re: Winter Hill Cairn by Sunny100 on Thursday, 15 November 2018
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    Chris this is very sad news indeed. I had wondered whether those moorland fires had caused damage - it seems they had. Thanks for the up-date.
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Re: Winter Hill by Anonymous on Friday, 30 October 2009
Going to visit winter hill in lancs,will be interested to find most haunted parts to visit,any info would be great many thanks,andy k.
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