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Submitted by TimPrevett on Sunday, 23 February 2020 Page Views: 2920

Modern SitesSite Name: The Birchwood Monolith
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 4.357 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cheshire Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Warrington Nearest Village: Birchwood
Map Ref: SJ64409110
Latitude: 53.415496N Longitude: 2.537078W
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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1	Completely destroyed

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1	Awful
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3 Access:

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
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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
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**The Birchwood Monolith** submitted by TimPrevett : Slightly offset from the centre, looking south east. Birchwood Boulevard (to the rear) aligns clearly from the stone and path. Viewing the stone from the boulevard, the stone lines up exactly with the central road markings. Photo 23rd February 2020 with iPhone 6s. A large modern monolith with likely observable solsticial alignments framed via a road to the south. Around eight feet tall, the mo... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Modern Stone Circle / Monolith in Cheshire

A large modern monolith with likely observable solsticial alignments framed via a road to the south.

Around eight feet tall, the monolith's broad sides face north-north-west / south-south-east suggesting some solsticial or near solsticial alignment. Referring to Solstice Streets (you need to take it to the Manchester page on the link, then scroll west for Warrington), the road of nearby Hardwick Grange happens to have a summer solstice sunset / winter solstice sunrise. Birchwood Boulevard has an angle very close to that, and the centre of the boulevard aligns directly with the monolith.

A path through a hengiform earthwork is in alignment with the boulevard, resembling a small type one henge in layout. If not an intentional solsticial alginment, it is a remarkable happenstance. Deciduous trees' leaf growth may obscure summer solstice sunset if viewed from south of the standing stone from Birchwood Boulevard.

Access is via a network of footpaths with either road crossings, subway or footbridges depending if coming in from a local estate, or driving in from the motorway and trunk routes. Best parking is nearby at Birchwood Shopping Centre to the south east and then about a ten minute walk. Heading towards Warrington, the stone is on the left just before the bridge over the M6 motorway. There is no stopping place on this dual carriageway - a 60 mile per hour stretch of road, parking must be found elsewhere. Adjacent the A574 on the south side of Birchwood Way between Birchwood and Warrington, the M6 motorway a stone's throw to the west, and the premises of Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group and Avios on the south side.

The only approach is on foot via a sloping path through the site's earthwork entrance. The sides of the mound are steep and very slippery, especially when wet. Even descending back to the surfaced path to the south, the grassy approach requires considered footing.

If visiting this stone, be sure to visit the Parkfields Park Stone Circle and its multiple modern recreations of a ritual landscape.
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