<< Our Photo Pages >> Worsthorne Moor - Stone Circle in England in Lancashire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Worsthorne Moor Alternative Name: Slipper HillCountry: England County: Lancashire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Burnley
Map Ref: SD8845932764 Landranger Map Number: 103
Latitude: 53.791060N Longitude: 2.176665W
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 ring of five stones (3 are visible in the photo and we are standing on the other 2) lies in a field at NGR; 88473276 on Worsthorne Moor near Burnley. There are also three other half buried stones in a row close by at NGR88473273.
Update February 2017: This monument is classed as either a "Bronze Age ring cairn (or possibly an embanked stone circle)" in Pastscape's record for Monument No. 45322. The site is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 109112 (Ring cairn on Slipper Hill), their short entry reading: "The monument includes a ring cairn located on Slipper Hill a short distance south west of Hell Clough. It includes a slightly oval ring of six stones which originally formed part of a ring bank. These stones, the largest of which is 0.45m wide by 0.2m high, enclose an area measuring 11.7m NNE-SSW by 10.4m ENE-WSW. Limited antiquarian investigation of the monument in 1887 located calcined human bones".
The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for the Worsthorne Hill Stone Circle, Near Burnley, Lancashire, which includes photographs (including one of a possible cup marked stone in the circle), directions for finding the site and a description. The Journal adds: "there is a faint earthen circle, but this feature is now difficult to make out". The Journal also includes a list of reference sources for more information.
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