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Leekfrith Tumulus
Date Added: 19th Sep 2014
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Leekfrith Tumulus submitted by Astronomer on 18th Mar 2004. A Bronze Age round barrow at Leekfrith SK003604.
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Log Text: Unscheduled barrow. Barnatt suggested it may be a glacial mound. Staffs H.E.R. records a possible Burnt Mound nearby.
Elkstone Barrow 1
Date Added: 7th Sep 2014
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Elkstone Barrow 1 submitted by twentytrees on 9th Sep 2006. 1.4m high, 24x19m wide. Excavation found many artefacts. Very high location, on the border between the Staffordshire morrlands and the White Peak. Views in all directions and, apparently, a great place for flying model aeroplanes. Scheduled monument 22416.
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Log Text: The most visible of the three barrows in this field but also the most mutilated. The field is very rough pasture with lots of evidence of mining and quarrying. Reminded me a little of the field containing Grindon Moor Barrow. Fantastic panoramic views though. Elkstone II and III are to the South of this barrow so the mound to the West is not one of the scheduled barrows - it is shown on EH mapping as a disused limekiln. The Trig pillar on top of Merryton Low I can be seen on the horizon to the North-West.
Elkstone Barrow 2
Date Added: 7th Sep 2014
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Log Text: Visible as a low, spread mound a short distance to the South of Elkstone I. The surface is fairly rough, like much of the field. The field drops away to the South of the barrow. Can be seen from Breech Road for a clearer view in profile.
Elkstone III is to the South-West of this barrow - the long quarry trench running North-South along the field has truncated its Western quadrants.
Caltonmoor
Date Added: 12th Aug 2014
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2014. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 2 Access 5
Caltonmoor submitted by twentytrees on 7th Mar 2007. View from the road.
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Log Text: Descheduled rather than unscheduled. Calton Moor Barrow is probably seen by more people each day than any other in Staffordshire, but it is virtually destroyed. Of the four quadrants only one partially survives and that's badly plough damaged. Main reason for descheduling though is the track cutting through the centre which Carrington reported.
Top Low 1
Date Added: 12th Aug 2014
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Log Text: Site is located on private land with no footpath access to site. However, both sets of field walls between the public footpath lower down the hill and the site are down for some reason there is nothing to prevent anyone from climbing to the top of the hill at the moment.
Top Low 2
Date Added: 12th Aug 2014
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Log Text: Footpaths run along the hillside above the site and along the valley floor below. Mutilation on the mound reveals natural rock, so the barrow may merge with a natural feature. Sheep using the hollow on the top of the barrow as a bed when I visited.
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!
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.
Damgate Cairns 2
Date Added: 13th Aug 2014
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Damgate Cairns 2 submitted by TwentyTrees on 24th Jan 2008. The two northerly barrows either side of the gap in the dry stone wall which is built over both.
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Log Text: Visible from Ilam Moor Lane, the footpath running through the adjacent field and from Pasture Lane, Stanshope near to Stanshope Cairns 1.
Stanshope Cairn 1
Date Added: 13th Aug 2014
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Stanshope Cairn 1 submitted by twentytrees on 27th Oct 2007. The barrow in the foreground on the far side of the wall with the cows on!
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Log Text: No parking at the end of Pasture Lane, but only a short walk to this site along the Lane. Pasture Lane is not a vehicular access.
Stanshope Cairn 2
Date Added: 13th Aug 2014
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2013. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 2 Access 4
Stanshope Cairn 2 submitted by twentytrees on 27th Oct 2007. The view from the lane with Alstonefield church beyond.
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Log Text: Descheduled. The earthwork mound reported by Bateman has gone. The natural rock outcrop shows little evidence of use for the funerary deposits recorded by Bateman and Carrington due to quarrying, the wall being built on top of it etc. Due to Bateman's vague description of location difficult to be sure this is the actual site he opened.
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.
Bishop's Wood
Date Added: 13th Aug 2014
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jun 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Log Text: The road leading to the site is a private road. The main road running South from Loggerheads is very busy and nowhere to park. I would suggest parking in Loggerheads itself and walking to the site. There are paths leading nearly all the way around the fort. Ditches and banks visible in parts. Fairly heavily afforested.
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!
Rye Low
Date Added: 13th Aug 2014
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Rye Low submitted by twentytrees on 30th Oct 2007. View from the road. The barrow is prominent despite having trees nearby and one on top.
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Log Text: Well preserved apart from the central crater in which the oak tree stands. Public footpath from Brund to Sheen runs right past the Southern edge of the barrow.
Brund Low
Date Added: 13th Aug 2014
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Brund Low submitted by stu on 10th Dec 2005. SK103618. The barrow of Brund Low, Sheen Hill beyond.
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Log Text: Visible from the road. Top has been levelled but otherwise in reasonable condition.
Booth Low 1
Date Added: 13th Aug 2014
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Booth Low 1 submitted by twentytrees on 29th Aug 2006. The highest of the three Booth Low barrows visible is front of the building. 2.3m high with maximum dimensions 32.5x29m.
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Log Text: This is the barrow Elizabeth Biddulph calls Fawfieldhead Low in her book Leek's Forgotten Past. Very large, dwarfs the modern barn next to it. One of my favourite barrows in Staffordshire Moorlands.
Booth Low 2
Date Added: 13th Aug 2014
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Booth Low 2 submitted by twentytrees on 3rd Sep 2006. The second of the three Booth Low barrows (although only two are scheduled) on the horizon left of centre, seen from the B5053 Longnor - Warslow road. Scheduled Monument 13523.
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Log Text: Not as large or as well preserved as Booth Low I. The field gate just happened to be open when I visited. The footpath runs below the site.
Booth Low 3
Date Added: 13th Aug 2014
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2013. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 2 Access 5
Log Text: Possible only viewpoint for this site may be the road leading past Low farm (yes it is a public highway). Very badly damaged. Unscheduled?