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Lud's Church
Date Added: 16th Mar 2015
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Lud's Church submitted by Postman on 16th Dec 2012. An Artist way back down there is past by a few walkers.
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The Winking Man
Date Added: 16th Mar 2015
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 17th Jan 2015
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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Gawton's Stone
Date Added: 16th Mar 2015
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 3
Gawton's Stone submitted by Sunny100 on 12th May 2010. Gawton's Stone at SJ.898554/5
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Bawd Stone
Date Added: 16th Mar 2015
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 3
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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Robin Hood's Stride
Date Added: 16th Mar 2015
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Mar 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Robin Hood's Stride submitted by postman on 20th Oct 2014. Autumn Equinox sunrise 2014.
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Nine Ladies
Date Added: 16th Mar 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Nine Ladies submitted by dodomad on 17th Mar 2014. Someone has put green and yellow paint on every stone at the Nine Ladies. Emma Alsop reported the damage to Heritage Action. Emma added "There are also newly scattered ashes round the circle (someone’s remains I presume)"
English Heritage have asked that people do not try to clean the paint off as specialist conservation is required, plus it is criminal evidence.
Image credit: Emma Alsop from the Peak District Prehistory Facebook Group
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Arbor Low 1
Date Added: 16th Mar 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Arbor Low 1 submitted by RABarnett on 22nd Dec 2011. Sunrise at the barrow, Arbor Low, Winter Solstice 2011
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Birkrigg Common Round Cairn 2
Date Added: 16th Mar 2015
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 27th Dec 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Druids Temple (Cumbria) submitted by Alphasmam on 17th May 2014. Yet another view of Birkrigg Stone Circle showing its double rings of limestone.
The reference to it being a Druidic Temple seems to stem from folk lore and is mentioned in "Mannix and Co. History, Topography and Directory of Westmorland" 1851.
Clearly it is not a Druid circle.
That being said there are references in local folk lore of a well in the woods surrounding the Common where Druids met.Wells I believe were places of early ritual and there is a Well Wood adjoining the Common. Ofte...
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Gawton's Well
Date Added: 16th Mar 2015
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
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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Log Text: A lovely calming place to visit; nice to just to spend some time sitting in peace listening to the water running
The Bridestones (Cheshire)
Date Added: 16th Mar 2015
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
The Bridestones (Cheshire) submitted by astronomer on 15th Apr 2011. Lifting the fallen monolith during the 1936-37 excavation.
Photo taken by the then land owner, Mr. G. Ech Roger Jnr. Previously unpublished image made available by the present owner of the glass negatives, Doug Pickford.
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