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12/09. Skull and thigh bone from Five Wells; the passage is recreated in a fibreglass recreation thingy (Buxton Museum) and the bones displayed at entrance to chamber.
12/08. Craig Llwyd axe recovered from Hindlow displayed in Buxton’s museum and art gallery.
12/08. Chert axe from Hindlow on display in Buxton’s museum and art gallery.
07/07. Scraper, blade & arrowhead found below Aleck Low on the slopes close to Upperhouse Farm SK179 593. Several Neolithic camps/settlements have been identified in this area and there have been a great many discoveries made here over the years.
The field is ploughed almost annually and a footpath crosses it.
12/03. The 4 upright stones and traces of bank.
The Romano-British settlement is towards the trees centre of picture.
03/02. The smaller stone to the right is also listed on the NMR as a standing stone. There does appear to be traces of a kerb as with its larger partner.
03/08. View from the shelter to the upper entrance of the dale.
02/08. Entrance to hut circle with enclosure wall immediately to the right.
02/08. The cist...the wooden pole just visible behind is a handy way marker in finding this site.
From the ‘Scientific Rambles Round Macclesfield‘
Image credit: J D Sainter 1878
The largest of the rocking stones at Rowtor Rocks.
Image credit: Thomas Bateman
Detail of the three cup and ring carvings at Rowtor Rocks.
Image credit: After DAJ
One of the two carved stones, noted by Hugo Reads, found lying near the barrow.
The stones, now lost, are thought perhaps to have been part of a cist.
Image credit: After Hugo Reads
Detail of the tricky to find third carving.
Image credit: After DAJ
The ‘serpent’ carving to the left and its lower neighbour.
Image credit: After DAJ