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Tag Archives: Lancashire
Robin Hood’s Stone, Allerton, Liverpool, Lancashire
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – SJ 3997 8638 Archaeology & History Similar in size and appearance to one of the cup-marked Tuilyies standing stones in Fife, Scotland, it was our old ley-hunter, Alfred Watkins, who described this stone in … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Lancashire, Standing Stones
Tagged Allerton, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, druids, earth mysteries, geomancy, heritage, Lancashire, Liverpool, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, petroglyphs, prehistoric sites, Robin Hood, Rock art, sacred sites, Standing Stones
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Calf Hey Well, Briercliffe, Lancashire
Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – SD 87943 34622 Getting Here The holy well/spring can be reached by following the Worsthorne road south from Haggate to Cockden Bridge over the River Don, then following the footpath due east beside the … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Lancashire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Briercliffe, Burnley, earth mysteries, Extwistle, faerie, fairies, folklore, Holy Wells, hydromancy, Lancashire, little people, sacred sites, superstitions, water
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Beadle Hill, Extwistle, Lancashire
Earthworks: OS Grid Reference – SD 8895 3420 Archaeology & History The low hill called Beadle Hill is located about half a mile north of Swinden Reservoir between Worsthorne and Haggate in the area called Extwistle. It is just a … Continue reading
Posted in Earthworks, Lancashire
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Brunanburh, Burnley, earth mysteries, Earthworks, enclosures, Extwistle, Iron Age, Lancashire, Pennines, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, Worsthorne
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Thieveley, Holme Chapel, Lancashire
Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SD 873 277 Archaeology & History A prehistoric cairn or tumulus could once be found close to the grid-reference cited here, but all trace of it has long since been destroyed. The site was … Continue reading
Walloper Well, Newton, Lancashire
Healing Well: OS Grid Reference - SD 71823 48265 Getting Here Take the B6478 road between Clitheroe and Newton, heading up north out of Clitheroe until you’re on the very top of the hill with fine views, mainly north and west. … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Lancashire
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Clitheroe, earth mysteries, Easington, folklore, healing, Holy Wells, hydromancy, Lancashire, medieval history, Newton, sacred sites, water
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Mitton Church Cross, Great Mitton, Lancashire
Cross: OS Grid Reference – SD 7154 3896 Getting Here Take the B6246 road northwest out of Whalley, or else east from Hurst Green, until you hit the little village of Great Mitton, with its churchyard in the middle. Go … Continue reading
Posted in Crosses, Lancashire
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, christianity, Crosses, Great Mitton, Lancashire, medieval history, monoliths, Pennines, witchcraft
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Withgill Cross, Great Mitton, Lancashire
Cross: OS Grid Reference – SD 7060 4062 Getting Here From Great Mitton village, go up (north) the slightly winding B6243 road for a mile, then take the left turn up the minor country lane, for about 300 yards, till … Continue reading
Fairy Holes, Whitewell, Lancashire
Legendary Cave: OS Grid Reference – SD 6553 4677 Getting Here John Dixon took a bunch of us on a pleasant amble here via the Fair Oak Circle site. From Fair Oak, go round the back of the farm and … Continue reading
Posted in Lancashire, Sacred Nature
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burials, cavemen, caves, death rites, faerie, fairies, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, little people, magick, mesolithic, neolithic, prehistoric sites, ritual sites, sacred sites, shamanism, speleology, spirits, underworld, Whitewell
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Fair Oak Circle, Whitewell, Lancashire
Settlement: OS Grid Reference – SD 6474 4584 Getting Here From the village of Chipping, go along Talbot Street until it meets Green Lane and there, on the left, there runs a country lane roughly northwards. Go along this and … Continue reading
