http://northernantiquarian.forumotion.net/cairns-tombs-tumuli-f6/-t1.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:32:23 GMT 10 http://i83.servimg.com/u/f83/14/23/37/02/swasti10.jpg http://northernantiquarian.forumotion.net/cairns-tombs-tumuli-f6/-t1.htm http://northernantiquarian.forumotion.net/cairns-tombs-tumuli-f6/apronful-of-stones-kirkby-lonsdale-query-t58.htm Paulus Help needed! I've just been writing up the archaeo-info & folklore of the once giant prehistoric cairn, known variously as the Devil's Apronful, or Apronful of Stones, found up the valley north of Thornton in Lonsdale, Ingleton, near Yordas Cave...and summat doesn't add up. There are various references to folklore about the devil dropping his stones, hence creating the cairn. Usual story. However, this site is way off where the references discuss; and the original printed story ... Cairns, Tombs & Tumuli Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:32:23 GMT http://northernantiquarian.forumotion.net/cairns-tombs-tumuli-f6/apronful-of-stones-kirkby-lonsdale-query-t58.htm#222 http://northernantiquarian.forumotion.net/cairns-tombs-tumuli-f6/apronful-of-stones-kirkby-lonsdale-query-t58.htm http://northernantiquarian.forumotion.net/cairns-tombs-tumuli-f6/blacko-tower-pendle-t40.htm lowergate Blacko Tower Blacko or Stansfield’s Tower was erected by Jonathan Stansfield, a Barrowford grocer, in 1890. The local story goes that he built the tower in order to provide himself a view over Ribblesdale from the top, but the height fell somewhat short. But he did gain for himself a magnificent view over Pendleside. The Tower is said to have been built on the site of an ancient tumulus. In 1952, a local man found an Early Bronze Age flat axe near the Tower. It had a narrow butt expanding ... Cairns, Tombs & Tumuli Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:53:02 GMT http://northernantiquarian.forumotion.net/cairns-tombs-tumuli-f6/blacko-tower-pendle-t40.htm#155 http://northernantiquarian.forumotion.net/cairns-tombs-tumuli-f6/blacko-tower-pendle-t40.htm http://northernantiquarian.forumotion.net/cairns-tombs-tumuli-f6/pleasington-cemetery-blackburn-ba-urn-burial-t29.htm lowergate Pleasington Cemetery Bronze Age Urn Burial (SD 649 272) During the early spring of 1996, grave digger Grant Higson, whilst excavating a new grave, uncovered course fragments of pottery displaying a herringbone pattern and other material. Grant stopped work immediately and alerted Blackburn Museum worker Maggy Simms who gathered together the shattered remains and brought in Lancaster University Archaeological Unit for identification. They identified the fragments to be a Bronze Age Urn some ... Cairns, Tombs & Tumuli Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:20:01 GMT http://northernantiquarian.forumotion.net/cairns-tombs-tumuli-f6/pleasington-cemetery-blackburn-ba-urn-burial-t29.htm#124 http://northernantiquarian.forumotion.net/cairns-tombs-tumuli-f6/pleasington-cemetery-blackburn-ba-urn-burial-t29.htm http://northernantiquarian.forumotion.net/cairns-tombs-tumuli-f6/silbury-hill-2009-reports-t5.htm PeteG the Silbury hill conservation project 2007-8.
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