Some of the sites are on a 40-mile radius around Manchester
subjects vary from ancient rock art to industrial archaeology.
The rock with two small groove markings 8 and the smaller indentation is 6 cm length.approx..location ..close to Blackstone edge reservoir..
Location:
Cow Head..and Round hills close to the Toad Lane footpath.
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Cup Marks |
Location: Cow Head..and Round hills close to the Toad Lane footpath.
Widdop Reservoir.
Close to the outer bank, it has been cited that if you look carefully, you may come across the odd cup or peck marking's approximate date of these, may be Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, between around 6000 and 4000 years old.
Images below were taken between 1998/2001
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Brown Low Bronze Age barrow near Cheshire/Derbyshire border |
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Millars Grave, West Yorkshire |
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Nab Head, Nr Bollington Cheshire |
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Hades Hill early Bronze Age Barrow, nr Rochdale |
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Yearns Low nr Bollington Cheshire |
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Pike Stones chambered long cairn Scheduled Monument Late Neolithic, nr Bolton |
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Artifacts found in the Blackheath Barrow..nr Todmorden West Yorkshire
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In February 2021, an excavation by CFA archaeological unit conducted an investigation of the foundations close to the canal basin near Durham St and Oldham Road
Rochdale...
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CFA Dig Rochdale derelictmanchester.com |
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CFA dig Rochdale derelictmanchester.com |
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