Featured: Friendly specialist tours to ancient, mystical and historical sites in the UK and beyond

Friendly specialist tours to ancient, mystical and historical sites in the UK and beyond

Random Image


Boscawen Un

A Little History of Astro-Archaeology £4.99+p&p

A Little History of Astro-Archaeology £4.99+p&p

Who's Online

There are currently, 505 guests and 4 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Our Photo Pages >> West Park Boulder - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in England in Cheshire

Submitted by vicky on Wednesday, 10 December 2003  Page Views: 10361

Natural PlacesSite Name: West Park Boulder
Country: England County: Cheshire Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Macclesfield
Map Ref: SJ911741  Landranger Map Number: 118
Latitude: 53.263821N  Longitude: 2.134888W
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.
2 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.
5 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

Internal Links:
External Links:

West Park Boulder
West Park Boulder submitted by vicky : This large glacial erratic boulder apparently weighing the same as ‘four African elephants’ according to a notice board was dragged to the park in 1857 by eight horses. It was found during excavation work on Oxford road. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Natural Stone/Glacial Erratic in Cheshire

This large glacial erratic boulder apparently weighing the same as ‘four African elephants’ according to a noticeboard was dragged to the park in 1857 by eight horses. It was found during excavation work on Oxford road.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


West Park Boulder
West Park Boulder submitted by TimPrevett : Another perspective on the enormous glacial erratic in West Park; it's a shame this hadn't been exposed for millenia like many glacial erratics, as the more I have visited the park the more anthropomorphic features I spot in the stone. Given time this could have developed some folklore - but it just resides in a very pleasant park, and that's it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

West Park Boulder
West Park Boulder submitted by TimPrevett (Vote or comment on this photo)

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SJ9174 : West Park, Macclesfield by Peter Turner
by Peter Turner
©2011(licence)
SJ9174 : Old Wayside Crosses by D Garside
by D Garside
©2020(licence)
SJ9174 : West Park Museum Entrance by mike porter
by mike porter
©2007(licence)
SJ9174 : Play area and park by Jonathan Billinger
by Jonathan Billinger
©2008(licence)
SJ9173 : Macclesfield - Cumberland Street by Peter Whatley
by Peter Whatley
©2012(licence)

The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!


Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 100m N 360° West Park Crosses* Ancient Cross (SJ911742)
 499m NW 323° Macclesfield Cemetery* Round Barrow(s) (SJ908745)
 670m NNE 26° Beech Hall Round Barrow(s) (SJ914747)
 854m NNE 20° Lavenham Close* Round Barrow(s) (SJ914749)
 1.2km SSE 149° St Anne's Well (Macclesfield)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SJ917731)
 1.7km NW 306° Prestbury Road (Macclesfield)* Ancient Cross (SJ89727511)
 2.7km WSW 241° New Farm, Henbury* Stone Circle (SJ887728)
 2.8km ESE 108° Macclesfield Common I Round Barrow(s) (SJ938732)
 2.9km ESE 106° Macclesfield Common II Round Barrow(s) (SJ939733)
 3.0km NNW 340° St Peter (Prestbury)* Ancient Cross (SJ9008676910)
 3.1km SSE 153° Sutton Hall* Round Barrow(s) (SJ925713)
 3.6km ESE 113° Teggs Nose Farm Round Barrow(s) (SJ944727)
 3.9km N 358° Butley Stone Circle (SJ9178)
 4.2km N 354° Bonis Hall Lane* Round Barrow(s) (SJ907783)
 4.2km WSW 240° Bearhurst Farm* Round Barrow(s) (SJ874720)
 4.2km N 355° Butley Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SJ9072278334)
 4.3km SSE 167° Broad Oak Farm* Round Barrow(s) (SJ921699)
 4.4km ESE 123° Langley Conical mound* Round Barrow(s) (SJ948717)
 4.5km S 175° Woodhouse End* Round Barrow(s) (SJ915696)
 4.6km SSE 169° Gawsworth henge* Henge (SJ920696)
 4.7km ESE 118° Teggs Nose reservoir* Round Barrow(s) (SJ953719)
 4.8km ESE 123° High Low* Round Barrow(s) (SJ951715)
 4.8km SW 234° Lower Pexhill Round Barrow(s) (SJ872713)
 5.0km ENE 63° Gin Clough Farm* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SJ9554076365)
 5.0km ESE 119° Higher Ridgegate* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SJ9550671636)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Ring-Stone, Martin's Haven

Dan-yr-Ogof >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Avebury Archaeology Map - Worldwide Delivery

Avebury Archaeology Map - Worldwide Delivery

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"West Park Boulder" | Login/Create an Account | 0 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.