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Possible long barrow?

Borneodann B
Borneodann Dec 8, 2025 13:55:37

Just browsing on Rightmove. I saw a feature on the google earth view that looks like a NE-SW aligned long barrow but I can't find any reference to it anywhere. I also went on the street view and again, it's definitely a man-made anomaly. It's just to the north of Blackburn Old Road, with Dean Lane to the east, to the north of Great Harwood.
Anyone know anything about it?

S stolinskie
stolinskie Dec 8, 2025 16:16:03
Replying to Borneodann

Can you give a grid ref?

S spencer
spencer Dec 14, 2025 17:00:48
Replying to Borneodann

If I’ve been looking in the right place on Google Earth, if you mean with Goldacre Lane to the west and Dean Lane to the east it looks more like a natural scarp outcrop to me.. but I could be wrong.
The latest iteration of Google Earth satellite images where uploaded, sadly patchy at the moment, are fascinating though. Hours of study await those interested. I’ve been meaning to post this as a separate topic… I’ve found new sites recently but they’re probably later than TMA’s timeframe. If you zoom in and out there certainly are very old field boundaries revealed around where you have been looking. Perhaps cross referencing with the OS Map for near as dammit coordinates might help with ID.

J juamei
juamei Jan 19, 2026 21:00:28
Replying to Borneodann

The 1:25k os map lists it as Bowley Hill. https://greatharwoodhistory.co.uk/places/bowley/

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