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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Calderstones Alternative Name: Calder Stones; Caldway Stones; Dogger Stones; Druid's Cross (Allerton); Rodger Stones (AllertonCountry: England County: Merseyside Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Liverpool Nearest Village: Allerton
Map Ref: SJ4040287622 Landranger Map Number: 108
Latitude: 53.382067N Longitude: 2.897437W
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 |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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yCephei visited on 7th Jan 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 The stones have moved from the location on the site and are now located in an exhibit at Calderstones Mansion 53.381708, -2.893924
https://historic-liverpool.co.uk/calder-stones-a-new-more-accessible-home/
Hodur visited on 10th Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5
ChrisHealey visited on 10th Jun 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 The stones which once formed a dolmen are now for well documented reasons now located arranged in a circle in a locked greenhouse in a public park just south of Liverpool. In some ways it's a shame that they're so removed from their original setting and arrangement, but on the other hand it's fortunate that they have been been protected from being broken up and reused as so many other similar monuments over the centuries have. It would been really nice to have been able to get into the greenhouse and examine the carvings closely, unfortunately this is a rare opportunity and would need to be planned well ahead by contacting their custodians.
Andy B: would like to visit No 1. in Kenny Brophy's Top Ten Urban Prehistory site selections, compiled for our Old Stones book.
MmeSinn saw from a distance
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.67 Ambience: 2.67 Access: 5
The Calderstones have been relocated within the park, with its own dedicated adjoining exhibition room, see comments below for more details. They were housed in the Harthill Greenhouses in Calderstones Park having been moved from their previous location in an enclosure just outside the park gates in 1954 to protect them from further decay in the elements.
The Calderstones may once have formed part of a chambered tomb known as a passage grave are profusely decorated with rock art symbols including spirals, concentric circles, arcs, cupmarks, cup and ring marks and footprints.
For more information on the recent history of The Calderstones see Mike Royden's Local History Pages
Update May 2017: For further information see The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) page for Calderstones, Allerton, Liverpool, Lancashire, which gives directions together with a brief archaeology and history of these stones. The TNA page also contains a drawing of the stones from 1825 and an image of the 1889 OS-Map showing the location. The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for The Calderstones, Allerton, Merseyside, which includes photographs, a brief history, and a list of reference sources for more information.
Also see Pastscape Monument No. 69670 which gives details of the cleaning, relocation and current siting of these stones. The Calderstones are also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1008531.
Thanks to Vicky Morgan for creating this page.
Note: Detailed photography of the Calderstones from Aerial-Cam
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