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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Badger Wells CairnCountry: England County: Lancashire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Clitheroe Nearest Village: Sabden
Map Ref: SD783396
Latitude: 53.852174N Longitude: 2.331354W
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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Cairn in Lancashire
Situated on Pendle Hill, not far from the Devil's Apronful and Apronful of Stones cairns, just south of Howcroft Brook, this site is described on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) page for Badger Wells Cairn, Pendle Hill, Lancashire.
This web page gives directions for finding this cairn, together with the archaeology and history of the immediate area. TNA discovered this huge cairn in 2006, and have found it is not mentioned in any archaeological texts. There is no entry on Pastscape for it.
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499m SW 233° Devil's Apronful (Pendle Hill) Cairn (SD779393)
780m SW 219° Lower Apronful of Stones (Pendle Hill) Cairn (SD778390)
1.5km SW 220° Solar Wheel Year Stone (Sabden) Rock Art (SD77323846)
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3.6km N 354° Worsaw Hill Burial Mound* Round Barrow(s) (SD77934323)
3.9km NE 35° Pendle Hill Ringwork and Barrow Hillfort (SD806428)
4.0km ESE 103° Newchurch-in-Pendle* Stone Circle (SD822387)
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4.7km N 359° Great Stone (Downham)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SD782443)
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5.5km WNW 303° Peg o'Nell's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SD73684266)
6.1km SW 235° Whalley Crosses* Ancient Cross (SD73263616)
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6.7km W 264° The Great Mitton Cross* Ancient Cross (SD7156438954)
6.8km ENE 72° Aedmer's Mound (Admergill)* Artificial Mound (SD8482941718)
6.9km NW 306° Pinder Hill (Waddington) Cairn (SD72724370)
7.1km W 270° Mitton Green Cross (Great Mitton) Ancient Cross (SD7121739613)
7.4km ENE 72° Blacko Cross (Blacko Hill) Ancient Cross (SD85414187)
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