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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bosley Minn 4 & 5 - Standing Stones in England in Cheshire

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 25 August 2002  Page Views: 8160

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bosley Minn 4 & 5 Alternative Name: Minn End Lane 4 & 5, Wincle Minn Standing Stones
Country: England County: Cheshire Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Macclesfield  Nearest Village: Wincle
Map Ref: SJ940662  Landranger Map Number: 118
Latitude: 53.192851N  Longitude: 2.09126W
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
4 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.
4 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
3

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gritstone visited on 1st Jun 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 As a complete inexperienced amateur, I'd say these are common stone gateposts, of which I can find many undocumented in this (my local) area, that are very similar to these.

Bosley Minn 4 & 5
Bosley Minn 4 & 5 submitted by Vicky : THE MINN END LANE IV & V STANDING STONES, Wincle, near Macclesfield, Cheshire SJ9402766213 & SJ9402866216 The northern-most pair of stones on Minn End Lane. Again these two are probably prehistoric but adapted to gate posts. They both lean to differing extents and are more weathered than II and III. Both are listed on the County Sites and Monuments Record as a Bronze Age standing stones. (Th... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stones in Cheshire

Five standing stones are located on the popular hikers and cyclists path, ‘The Gritstone Trail’ near Wincle. Three prehistoric standing stones, believed to be genuine, and two possibly more recent additions are all located within two metres of the western edge of Minn End Lane.

This ‘genuine’ stone pair stand about 300m to the north of the first stone. Like it they are also short and slim, leaning heavily and resembling gate posts. The southern most stone of the two leans to the west and would again have stood at 1.2m when upright. Its colleague 2.4m metres to the north leans to the south and would have stood about the same height if it was not for the list. All three of these stone have weathered, rounded edges suggesting they have been exposed to the elements for a great many hundreds (if not thousands) of years.

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SJ9466 : Old gate post & bench mark on Wincle Minn by Colin Park
by Colin Park
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SJ9466 : Ancient stones on Wincle Minn by Gethin Evans
by Gethin Evans
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SJ9466 : Sheep farmer's Land Rover above The Cheshire Plain by Neil Theasby
by Neil Theasby
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SJ9466 : View from Minn End Lane by Dave Thompson
by Dave Thompson
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SJ9466 : Lane to Higher Greasley by Alan Murray-Rust
by Alan Murray-Rust
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Re: Bosley Minn 4 & 5 by Andy B on Wednesday, 03 January 2018
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From the Cheshire HER (Revealing Cheshire's Past):

Monument details
HER Number: 1645
Type of record: Archaeology
Name: Wincle Minn Standing Stones

Two rough standing stones around 1m high and slightly tapering. They were used as gate posts on a now vanished field boundary, but they may have earlier origins. The field system which was replaced by the enclosures now in existance was of some antiquity and the posts may be of some interest in that context.
Grid Reference: SJ 940 662
Map Sheet: SJ96NW
Parish: WINCLE, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST
Monument Types

STANDING STONE (Neolithic to Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 801 BC?)
GATE PIER (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

2 rough standing stones. 1m high and slightly tapering. At present used as gate posts or rubbing stones, but possibly earlier origins (1). 2 standing stones which are gateposts in their original position on line if a now vanished field wall. There are 2 more of these pairs of posts 150m to the north of these in the same field. The field system which was replaced by the enclosures now in existance was of some antiquity and the posts may be of some interest in that context (2).

Oral communication to the HER, Turner R C & Bott O J P 1983 (Verbal communication). SCH2330.

Written Communication to the HER, Crowe C 1994 (Written communication). SCH3756.

Source: http://rcplive.cheshire.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MCH7014
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