Black Hill Upper 1

Nearest town:
Darwen (6km NE)
OS reference:
SD6434218218
OS sheet:
109
Latitude:
53° 39' 32.26 N
Longitude:
2° 32' 22.7 W
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Black Hill Upper 1

juamei
juamei May 31, 2023

[visited 19/5/23] The hard slog but on a cloudless day with only skylarks and peewits for company, 101% worth it. That old top to bottom feeling of peace as I sunk down to eat my sandwiches.

One of several small cairns poking out about the edges of the peat up here, ever more suggestive of a large cairn field under the blanked bog on the flat bits all the way to the top of hurst hill. This is a small site buried in the archaeological survey and well worth the effort if you like small mounds of stones. There is just a hint of a kerb, a few earthfast stones coquettish peaking up on the edges.

Access is difficult across peat bog from any direction. I came from the great hill to hordern stoops footpath and its quite boggy. I left via Round loaf and across moor to lead mines clough. Quite boggy that way too!

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Black Hill Upper 1
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juamei
juamei May 30, 2023

Site 16 in the Anglezarke and Rivington Moors – Archaeological Survey 1986.
“This is a relatively well defined cairn in an area of peat erosion. It comprises small to medium field stones, some of which are earthfast. There is a possible kerb. It is in the vicinity of the PRN 4064 flake working area. Size: length 1.7m width 1.7m height 0”

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