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Armada Beacon
Date Added: 21st Sep 2024
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2024
Armada Beacon submitted by Vicky on 25th Sep 2001. Bronze Age Barrow, ‘The Armada Beacon’, Alderley Edge, Cheshire GR: SJ859776
Scheduled as an Ancient Monument earlier this year, this mound at Alderley Edge in Cheshire is not only the site of an Armada Beacon (erected in 1578), but is also a Bronze Age barrow.
Several prominent points on the Edge are marked by mounds and circular banks, and some of these could also be Bronze Age burial mounds. There are also other earthwork circles which could either be tumuli or later enclosures fo...
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Golden Stone (Alderley Edge)
Date Added: 21st Sep 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2024. My rating: Ambience 3 Access 4
Golden Stone (Alderley Edge) submitted by Vicky on 25th Sep 2001. The Golden Stone, Alderley Edge, Cheshire NGR:SJ863776
This boundary stone situated next to a footpath at Alderley Edge is believed to have originally been a Bronze Age standing stone. It can be found by following the path from the Wizard Inn (near the main car park) towards Edge House. The Golden Stone is on the left of the path just after it swings round to the right towards the house.
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Wishing Well (Alderley Edge)
Date Added: 21st Sep 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2024
Wishing Well (Alderley Edge) submitted by Jtparkinson on 10th Nov 2019. Wishing Well, November 2019
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Engine Vein, Alderley Edge Copper Mines
Date Added: 21st Sep 2024
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2024
Engine Vein, Alderley Edge Copper Mines submitted by Vicky on 25th Sep 2001. Engine Vein, Prehistoric Copper Mine Workings, Alderley Edge, Cheshire NGR:SJ 861774
The copper mines at Alderley Edge have been mined intermittently during recent centuries from 1693 until 1919, but there is evidence to suggest that Bronze Age man also exploited the ore and there may even have been activity in the area much earlier in the Neolithic period.
A number of Grooved Stone Hammers and other stone implements were discovered lying on sand and gravel a couple of feet below the groun...
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