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Archaeology, folklore & myth of Britain's pre-christian sites & heritage: stone circles, holy wells, maypoles, tombs, archaic cosmologies and human consciousness. Everyone welcome - even Southerners!


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    Post  lowergate Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:51 pm


    Geofizz' has located a major Bronze/Iron Age ritual site in the grounds of Blackburn Cathederal - UCAL

    This is an exciting and major find, excavation to start June 2012

    Will keep you posted

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    Post  Paulus Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:26 pm

    Sounds bloody good John. Keep us up-to-date mate!
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    Post  tracyreed Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:57 am

    Amazing, not much found in my neck of the woods.
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    Post  deadagaindave Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:27 pm

    The magic of the ancients lives in those grounds. It once inspired a bloke to get the Bishop to lead a march against all things evil. AHEM!
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    Post  Peewee Fri Dec 23, 2011 5:46 am

    deadagaindave wrote:The magic of the ancients lives in those grounds. It once inspired a bloke to get the Bishop to lead a march against all things evil. AHEM!
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    ey???
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    Post  Greenman Sat Nov 02, 2013 5:56 am

    Any news on this?


    I'd be surprised if there was any kind of bronze age settlement found there. The site is close to where the river Blakewater was forded by the Roman military highway from Manchester to Ribchester. In my opinion that is how and why Blackburn as a settlement began, due to the road and its fording point at "Salford". and also no doubt the "All hallows springs" which are also in the vicinity and which attracted Romanized temple builders as the apparent 18th century find of an altar stone indicates.

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    Post  Mattrishton Tue Jun 12, 2018 7:36 am

    Lots of my de Rishton ancestors are buried there. They had a chapel and crypt in the old St Mary's church which was demolished in 1820.

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