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Tag Archives: Pendle
Robin Hood’s Well, Higham, Lancashire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – SD 81755 35151 Archaeology & History On the north-side of the River Calder, a short distance above the riverbank below Pendle Hall—as shown on the earliest OS-map of the area, but without a name—the local … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Lancashire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Burnley, curing, earth mysteries, english heritage, folk traditions, healing wells, Higham, Holy Wells, Hunterholme, Lancashire, medicine, Padiham, Pendle, Pendle Forest, Robin Hood, sacred sites, water
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Emmott Cross, Colne, Lancashire
Cross: OS Grid Reference – SD 888 401 Also Known as: Touch Cross Archaeology & History At the north side of St Bartholomew’s church-yard, Colne, stands the medieval Emmott Cross or Touch Cross. It was re-erected here in 1967 by … Continue reading
Posted in Crosses, Lancashire
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, christianity, churches, Colne, Crosses, folklore, Lancashire, medieval history, Pendle, Trawden
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Castercliff, Nelson, Lancashire
Enclosure: OS Grid Reference – SD 885 384 Also Known as: Caster Cliff Getting Here From Colne train station, cross the road and go along Bridge Street and where it meets Knotts Street follow it all the way up into … Continue reading
Posted in Hillforts, Lancashire, Settlement/Enclosures
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Colne, Earthworks, enclosures, England, english heritage, fortress, forts, hill forts, Hillforts, Iron Age, Lancashire, Nelson, Pendle, prehistoric sites, settlements, Trawden
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Jinny Well, Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – SD 82377 39458 Getting Here Easy to locate: it’s just by the roadside on the left-hand side of the road, Jinny Lane, coming out of the village, just after the last house where the … Continue reading
Lower Apronful of Stones, Pendle Hill, Lancashire
‘Cairn’: OS Grid Reference – SD 778 390 Getting Here Park up at the Nick of Pendle and follow directions to the Devil’s Apronful of Stones, but about halfway along the path, bear to the right along a swerving footpath … Continue reading
Posted in Lancashire, Miscellaneous
Tagged Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial, cairn, Chartists, death, folk-lore, folklore, history, Lancashire, Pendle, Pendleton, Pendleton Moor, prehistoric sites, Sabden, tomb, witchcraft
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Hitching Stone, Keighley Moor, West Yorkshire
Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – SD 98665 41698 Getting Here The easiest way to get here is via Cowling – though you can approach the place via moorland roads from Sutton-in-Craven, Oakworth and Keighley, but Cowling’s the closest place (so … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Sacred Nature, Yorkshire, West
Tagged Airedale, alignment, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, cailleach, Cowling, creation myths, druids, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, folklore, Fortean, history, Keighley, Kildwick, legends, Pendle, sacred sites, Skipton, West Yorkshire, witchcraft, witches
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