Barrow in relation to the surrounding Landscape
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close up detail of the damaged stone taken on 10/10/05 it does seem to be fading somewhat compared to the other photo
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Yet another lost stone circle in Lancashire, as the name suggests its a circle of 13 boulders, ive only ever found a brief reference to this circle and the circle itself is not marked on any maps although the hill is.
Can anyone shed any light on this?
Directions.
After passing Bleara Lowe on your left follow the road down a little till you reach the first cattle grid take the left there which is Clogger Lane. Go down the lane a short distance till you see the footpath sign on your left pointing into a field the sign is marked PW (pennine way) three footpaths veer off from the gate take the middle one onto the slope and the cairn appears quite prominent on your right.
A perfectly preserved ring cairn with well defined banks and ditches 28 metres in diameter with an inner rubble strucure. A very peacefull place to visit.
This barrow is 67 metres long. on one end of it is a superimposed round barrow with a central cist, the cist is 2 Metres long and still has half the capstone now standing upright inside it.
The barrow stands in an absolutely stunning location in a field on a sloping plateau with 3 round cairns and a ring cairn.
So good in fact i spent all day here and i didnt see a soul.
perfect.
The cist in the barrow, ive taken this at a weird angle it doesnt look it here but the cist is 2 metres long.
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There are alledgedly 5 cairns in this field, although i could only find two definate ones as the undergrowth and heather was far too thick on this visit.
One is a huge round cairn with lots of excavation pits the other being a long barrow which ive added as a separate site.
The round cairn is instantly recognisable the other three are less prominent, as theres lots of stones in this field and until the heather dies back a little i cant identify the other three.
I’d avoided this site as I was convinced I’d be dissapointed. How wrong I was.
Beautiful site in a wonderful setting I’d love to see it clear of trees though. There is now a concessional path up to it, you are supposed to get permission at the school though, however it was closed so we asked the farmer in the field next to it and he was more than happy to let us visit.
Bleadsdale circle (in the trees) in relation to Lancashires own sleeping beauty Parlick Pike is on the right.
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Wide angle taken hanging upside down from a tree!
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Fallen stone near the entrance with my foot for scale.
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The concrete dome this photo does however show the beautiful seting of the tomb.
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