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Tag Archives: Newton
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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Skelshaw Ring, Easington, Lancashire
Enclosure: OS Grid Reference – SD 7194 5037 Archaeology & History Very little can be seen of this once large oval-shaped prehistoric enclosure, a mile south of Slaidburn, on the level below the rise towards Easington Fell. Few archaeologists know … Continue reading
Posted in Lancashire, Settlement/Enclosures
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Earthworks, Easington, enclosures, Iron Age, Lancashire, Newton, prehistoric sites, settlements, Slaidburn
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Foulscales Stone, Newton, Lancashire
Carved Stone: OS Grid Reference – SD 693 492 Also Known as: Bonstone Yolstone Archaeology & History An intriguing and little-known carved stone whose existence has been brought to our attention by historian and author John Dixon. Its precise history … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Lancashire
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, boundary stones, carved stones, chi-rho, Easington, history, Lancashire, Newton, petroglyphs, solar symbolism, symbols
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Skip Knowe, Newton, Dumfriesshire
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – NY 1118 9443 Also Known as: Site no.66950 (Canmore ID) Skipknowe Getting Here From junction 16 on the A74(M) turn off an go up the B7076 road, roughly parallel with the motorway, for about … Continue reading
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