Devil’s Ditch

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
SD638178

Nearest town:

Adlington (5km SW)

OS reference:

SD638178

OS sheet:

109

Latitude:

53° 39' 18.42 N

Longitude:

2° 32' 52.05 W

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Images (2)
Miscellaneous (1)

Images

Image of Devil’s Ditch (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by Nuthatch

Devil’s Ditch looking north east

Image credit: Nuthatch

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Nuthatch Apr 5, 2009

Image of Devil’s Ditch (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by Nuthatch

Devils ditch taken from Round loaf looking towards Winter Hill

Image credit: Nuthatch

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Nuthatch Apr 5, 2009

Articles

Devil’s Ditch

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork

Rivington Pike Mar 7, 2004

The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society No 61, 1996 pp 135 & 145

Page 135
“Is a substantial linear feature of no obvious function.”
“May have been a land boundary of the kind associated elsewhere with the Neolithic / Bronze Age exploitation of upland areas.”

Page 145
“A long straight flat-bottomed earthwork which does not conform to any lines of natural drainage or local topography. There is only limited evidence for banks on either side of the ditch”

Sites within 20km of Devil’s Ditch

Round Loaf

Artificial Mound • 0.4km NNW

14

9
Rushy Brow

Mesolithic site • 0.51km WSW

1

1
Black Hill Upper 1

Cairn(s) • 0.69km NE

1

2
Anglezarke Misc 7

Round Barrow(s) • 0.76km WSW

1
Anglezarke Misc 1

Carving • 0.82km W

3

1

1
Anglezarke Misc 11

Sacred Well • 0.85km SE

2
Pikestones Cairn

Kerbed Cairn • 0.89km WSW

8

3
Standing Stones Hill

Ring Cairn • 0.89km E

3

3
Anglezarke Moor Standing Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 1.11km W

5

2
Pikestones

Chambered Cairn • 1.3km WSW

42

5

13
Jepson’s Gate Cairn

Cairn(s) • 1.48km WSW

6

1
Anglezarke Misc 10

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 1.58km NE

2

1
Stronstrey Bank Cairns

Cairn(s) • 1.58km W

1

1
Anglezarke Misc 6

Chambered Cairn • 1.72km WSW

1
Anglezarke Misc 4

Cairn(s) • 1.87km W

8

1

1
Black Coppice Chambered Cairn

Chambered Cairn • 1.87km W

15

5
Stronstrey Bank Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 1.89km WSW

5

1

5
Anglezarke Misc 3

Carving • 1.94km W

1

1
Anglezarke Misc 5

Chambered Cairn • 1.94km W

2

2
Anglezarke Misc 9

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.02km N

6

2
Noon Hill

Cairn(s) • 2.94km SE

12

2

1
Winter Hill Cairn

Cairn(s) • 3.27km ESE

11
Winter Hill

Cairn(s) • 3.41km ESE

10

1

2

2
Slipper Lowe

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.6km NE

7

2
Hanging Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 4.11km ENE

8

2

1
Anderton

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 4.69km SSW

4

1

2

1
The Two Lads

Cairn(s) • 4.71km SE

6

2
Holdens Farm Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 5.32km ESE

2
Charters Moss

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.83km E

3

2
White Brow

Cairn(s) • 5.94km SE

10

2
Moortop Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 6.21km ESE

4

1

2
Astley Hall Farm Bronze Age Burial Site

Enclosure • 6.4km W

1

1

1
Ashleigh Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 6.51km ENE

3

3
Cheetham Close

Stone Circle • 8.03km E

24

2

10

3
Cheetham Barrow

Artificial Mound • 8.13km E

1

3
Hawksclough

Hillfort • 8.89km WNW

4

2
Pleasington Cemetery

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 9.45km N

1

1
Butler’s Delf

Round Barrow(s) • 10.17km N

7

1
All Hallows Well

Sacred Well • 11.08km NNE

1
Carve Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 11.73km E

2

2
Revidge

Round Barrow(s) • 12.11km NNE

6

2
Mawdesley Blue Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 13.55km WSW

1

1
Boar’s Den

Round Barrow(s) • 13.66km WSW

5

2

3
Thirteen Stones Hill

Stone Circle • 14.31km ENE

5

1

3
Castlesteads

Hillfort • 16.55km E

8

1
Whitelow

Cairn(s) • 16.72km E

6

3

1
Little Hameldon

Long Barrow • 19.33km NE

11

1