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Rudston Monolith
Date Added: 20th Aug 2014
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Yorkshire (East))
Visited: Yes on 12th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Rudston monolith submitted by rldixon on 25th Dec 2005. rudston monolith in colour
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Log Text: Awesome!
Gawton's Stone
Date Added: 16th Aug 2011
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3
Gawton's Stone submitted by Sunny100 on 12th May 2010. Gawton's Stone at SJ.898554/5
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Red Cross
Date Added: 16th Aug 2011
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3
Red Cross submitted by astronomer on 6th Aug 2006. West side of the Red Cross, Knypersley, Staffordshire.
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St Edward the Confessor
Date Added: 16th Aug 2011
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5
St Edward the Confessor submitted by TimPrevett on 25th Apr 2005. Putting both crosses within context of each other; the 8th Century Cross is nearest, the 7th Century Cross to the rear. Click on the blue highlighted text to the top left of the pic for more information.
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Shepherd's Cross
Date Added: 16th Aug 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4
Shepherd's Cross submitted by TimPrevett on 3rd Aug 2006. Viewed from across the road. The west Staffordshire / east Cheshire border runs along the ridge to rear left. See main entry for details - click on blue text to left of picture.
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Gawton's Well
Date Added: 16th Aug 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4
Gawton's Well submitted by TimPrevett on 4th Nov 2008. Got around to visiting here yesterday, and it's brilliant. It's only 16 miles east for me, so returning won't be too much of an issue. Very atmospheric woodland and castle like folly neaby too. I wouldn't be surprised if therein lies a connection with the well.
The spring lies within a large circular wall, in varying states of collapse, and within that is an elipse of yew trees - reminiscent of the ring of trees in "Nightmare Before Christmas". If this were Wales I'd start thinking this was th...
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The Winking Man
Date Added: 16th Aug 2011
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Aug 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
The Winking Man submitted by TimPrevett on 5th Nov 2006. The Winking Man - a natural convincing anthropomorphic rock formation on Ramshaw Rocks at SK 02021 62362. This is in North Staffordshire on the west side of the Leek - Buxton Road. The route immediately below the rock outcrops is on a Roman Road, and remains one of the most accident prone deadly A roads in the country. Parking is to west of the Rocks (good layby at SK 01746 62012), then a fairly easy walk up to near the summit, and the Winking Man is on the east side. Tripping hazards and drops...
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Bawd Stone
Date Added: 16th Aug 2011
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bawd Stone submitted by vicky on 2nd Sep 2001. The Bawdstone, possible dolmen, near Hen Cloud, The Roaches, Staffordshire GR: SJ009620
This so called ‘dolmen’ was described by antiquarian J.D. Sainter in his book ‘Scientific Rambles Round Macclesfield’ in 1878:
"At a short distance south of Rock Hall, there may be observed on the opposite side of Hen Cloud a block of gritstone, which upon approaching it, is found to be rested or balanced, in the first place, upon a short edge of rock and then upon two upright and pointed pilla...
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Hanley Stone Circle
Date Added: 16th Aug 2011
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Hanley Stone Circle submitted by Sunny100 on 14th Jul 2010. Hanley Stone Circle on Quadrant Road. Another view of the modern-day circle.
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Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Date Added: 16th Aug 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 1989. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery submitted by TimPrevett on 25th Sep 2006. The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. It does have a good section on prehistory, from the cave shelters, round barrows, Neolithic tools, Iron Age torc, and the only known cup and ring marked stone in Staffordshire.
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Egg Well
Date Added: 5th Sep 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Egg Well submitted by TimPrevett on 26th Jul 2007. The cross shaped chamber, and stick I used to approximately gauge depth. Also notice the floating dead bodies - at least two frogs, and I think, something resembling a rat...
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Log Text: Improvements have been made to the site with an information board and fence to stop the local livestock crowding round the entrance!
Blake Low
Date Added: 8th Jun 2013
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Blake Low submitted by twentytrees on 29th Aug 2006. You can just discern the curve of the barrow in this picture - in real life it is more prominent - 1.1m high, and 25x22m. Investigation in the 19th century discovered a cremation, charcoal, and a flint scraper and knife.
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Log Text: An easy site to access but the wooden fence surrounding the site and the close proximity of the farm buildings give the site a rather 'hemmed in' feel to it.
Brown Low (staffs)
Date Added: 8th Jun 2013
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Brown Low (staffs) submitted by twentytrees on 9th Sep 2006. Brown Low, sometimes referred to as Brownlow, seen just to the right of the lonely tree which sits astride the dry stone wall near the centre of the photo. Taken from the path from Warslow.
Scheduled monument number 22412.
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Merryton Low 1
Date Added: 10th Jun 2013
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Merryton Low 1 submitted by astronomer on 3rd Jun 2007. Merryton Low fallen stone closeup. I suggest that this stone may have perhaps stood on the nearby tumulus and was replaced by the present Trig point.
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Log Text: The war memorial is to commerate members of the Leek Home Guard who then went on to serve in the regular armed forces and lost their lives in combat.
Merryton Low 2
Date Added: 10th Jun 2013
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Merryton Low 2 submitted by astronomer on 3rd Jun 2007. Merryton Low II. Accessibility 4, ambiance 3.
This is an odd one. The tumulus lies within sight of Merryton I just in from the edge of a low escarpment dropping down to the road from the Mermaid PH to Warslow. I parked on this road near to the side road to Elkestone. From this junction road there is a fence leading NW up to the edge.Climb the hill parallel to the fence and the tumulus sits 25m in front of you by the side of a track leading to Merryton Low 1.
Merryton II is an elongat...
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Log Text: Very narrow for a barrow
The Butter Cross (Cheddleton)
Date Added: 12th Aug 2014
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Feb 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
The Butter Cross (Cheddleton) submitted by malboll on 27th Nov 2011. Cheddleton Buttercross.
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Log Text: Never seen so many gnats in one place! Other than that a really good site and easy to access.
Stonesteads
Date Added: 12th Aug 2014
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Stonesteads submitted by twentytrees on 7th Mar 2007. Looking south, across the Hamps valley, to one of the ubiquitous Peak District quarries.
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Log Text: Rather overgrown when I visited. 'Gulliver' and the Cement works formed a contrasting backdrop. Must try to visit it again when the farmer has mown the fields.
Lamber Low
Date Added: 12th Aug 2014
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jul 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Lamber Low submitted by twentytrees on 7th Mar 2007. Lamber Low in the foreground with a natural rock outcrop behind.
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Log Text: The field containing the site was full of cows. They seemed to have uncovered a patch of grass just below the barrow and broken the exposed stone. That may have been a remnant of the field wall.
Hoften's Cross
Date Added: 12th Aug 2014
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Hoften's Cross submitted by Astronomer on 18th Mar 2004. A 'rude' cross, possibly a re-used prehistoric, standing stone located near Caldon Low quarries at a crossroads called Hoften's Cross. There is a pub called the Cross (or something similar) over the road from this 2.5m standing stone, map ref SK072481 on the OS Explorer 259, Derby, Uttoxeter, Ashbourne & Cheadle map.
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Log Text: Visible from the road and the car park of The Cross pub across the road. A footpath enters the field where Hoften's Cross is located. The close proximity of a stable made this not one of the more scenic spots. A shame that the pub sign has a crusader knight on it rather than this rude cross!
Windywaycross
Date Added: 12th Aug 2014
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Windywaycross submitted by Astronomer on 18th Mar 2004. Windywaycross, possibly a re-used standing stone on Ippestones Edge at SK056492 at a place called Windywaycross, just off the road branching to Alton Towers, off the Leek-Ashbourne road. Approaching from the north, the stone is 8m off the RH side of the road.
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Log Text: It has the date it was erected carved into it.