From The Greater Manchester Archaeological Journal Volume 1 1985
The Bronze Age complex on Cheetham Close, Turton - a new survey, by M. Fletcher
The West Pennine Moors of Lancashire and Greater Manchester contain a large variety of prehistoric monuments, notably of the Earlier Bronze Age. Perhaps the best known of these is the stone circle on' Cheetham Close, 7 km north of Bolton.
Although now in a ruinous condition, the circle still elicits a great deal of interest locally due to ease of public access and to the fact that.it is
the only exlant stone circle in the area.
In fact, the circle is only part of a complex of ritual/burial monuments, which also includes two ring-bank cairns, two small cairns of unknown structure, and at least two outliers, believed to date from the Earlier Bronze Age. It is situated at 329 m OD, on the bleak moorland plateau of Cheetham Close, above Turton, Lancashire (SD 717 158). The lack of a modern, definitive survey of the site prompted the author to record the remnants, thus allowing a re-assessment in,the light of.recent research on megalithic 'ringworks' in Britain.
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