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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hangingbank, Werneth Low - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Greater Manchester

Submitted by vicky on Wednesday, 09 June 2004  Page Views: 16487

Multi-periodSite Name: Hangingbank, Werneth Low
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.321 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Greater Manchester Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Hyde
Map Ref: SJ96479352  Landranger Map Number: 109
Latitude: 53.438444N  Longitude: 2.054605W
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.
3 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
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Hangingbank, Werneth Low
Hangingbank, Werneth Low submitted by vicky : Part of the ramparts of the Werneth Low enclosed settlement of Iron Age/Early Romano-British date - see main site entry for further details. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Settlement in Greater Manchester (Tameside)

Werneth Low was of importance from Paleolithic times onwards. For more information see The Tameside Council web page, which covers both Werneth Low and Hanginbank. The area of the enclosure can be easily accessed via a short walk from The Werneth Low vistor centre carpark and is located around the area where the war memorial stands today. On a clear view there are fantastic views up towards the Rossendale Uplands.

Whilst there are no entries on Pastscape or Historic England, the Journal of Antiquities features a page for both Werneth Low and Hangingbank - see Werneth Low and Hangingbank, Greater Manchester. The Journal adds: "some 2 miles to the north-east of Werneth Low is ancient ancient settlement or farmstead called Hangingbank, just south of the A660. It is a low hill covering 3 acres that was inhabited from the middle to late Bronze Age through to the Iron Age".
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Hangingbank, Werneth Low
Hangingbank, Werneth Low submitted by vicky : The where the Werneth Low enclosed settlement of Iron Age/Early Romano-British date was located. Today only the slight traces of earthworks can be seen in the area around the war memorial - see main site entry for further details. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SJ9693 : View ENE from Hyde War Memorial by Dave Dunford
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SJ9693 : Hyde War Memorial, Werneth Low by Neil Theasby
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SJ9693 : "IN HONOUR OF THE 710 MEN..." by Neil Theasby
by Neil Theasby
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SJ9693 : Hyde War Memorial by Gerald England
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SJ9693 : Werneth Low by Gerald England
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Re: Hangingbank, Werneth Low by Anonymous on Wednesday, 17 May 2006
I have read the reports on this site and I actually visted the later excavation that took place there. I saw no visible archaeology at all and certainly nothing that related to the prehistoric period. There were no ditches or features or artifacts that related to the prehistoric period at this site. I believe the aerial photographs take by Barri Jones have misled the archaeologists at this site and I disagree with the results shown in the relevant reports on this site.
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