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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Haulgh (Bolton)Country: England County: Lancashire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Bolton Nearest Village: Haulgh
Map Ref: SD72420899
Latitude: 53.576776N Longitude: 2.417998W
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
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page on this now destroyed tumulus - see their entry for Haulgh, Bolton, Lancashire. TNA describe this as 'a kerbed or revetted cairn, close to the very centre of modern-day Bolton' and quote from a number of references.
Pastscape Monument No. 44248 tells us this was: "a tumulus, about 30ft diameter and 4ft high, discovered in 1825. Excavation yielded an approximately central cist (4ft 6ins by 12 ins) containing a contracted burial, with an associated incense cup (4 1/2ins by 3ins)and a bronze knife/dagger (4 3/4ins by 1 3/8ins). Two other tumuli were found a few yards to the south. No remains, sites now covered by modern development. Finds transferred to Bolton Museum."
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