<< Our Photo Pages >> Hellclough Saucer Barrow - Ring Cairn in England in Lancashire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hellclough Saucer BarrowCountry: England County: Lancashire Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Earby
Map Ref: SD9020034124 Landranger Map Number: 103
Latitude: 53.803320N Longitude: 2.150282W
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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FrothNinja visited on 8th Aug 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2
The earthworks of Hellclough are clearly visible, but there are no original stones visible at the site.
Update August 2017: Pastscape defines this site as two ring mounds and a tumulus (saucer barrow) which survive as earthworks. For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 46184. Two of the mounds (this ring barrow and another at SD 9013 3414) are both scheduled; one of the ring cairns, 200m E of Ell Clough at SD 90273409, was de-scheduled according to a 1994 note on the Pastscape record.
This site is defined as a saucer barrow, dated to the early Bronze Age, in the scheduling information for Historic England List ID 1009116 (Saucer barrow 90m east of Ell Clough).
The Journal of Antiquities also features an entry for Ell Clough Cairn Circle, Boulsworth Hill, Lancashire, which includes details of all the cairns, and also mentions the now barely visible remains of a tumulus at SD 9051 3421. The Journal asks: "the monument seems to be aligned with Broadbank Earth Circle, Walton Spire and Pendle Hill, or is this just a coincidence?"
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