LANCASHIRE: Bibliography & References
Site Name |
Species |
Grid-Reference / What3Words |
| Adam’s Cross, Saddleworth Moor | Cross | |
| Aiggin Stone, Blackstone Edge, Littleborough | ‘Standing Stone’ | SD 97329 17069 |
| All Hallows Well, Blackburn | Sacred Well | |
| All Hallows Well, Sabden | Sacred Well | |
| Amb Well, Foulridge | Healing Well | |
| Annel Cross, Twiston | Cross | |
| Annot Cross, Lane Bottom, Brierfield | Cross (destroyed) | c. SD 881 353 |
| Ashleigh Barrow, Darwen | Tumulus (destroyed) | SD 696 208 |
| Atherton’s Well, Preston | Healing Well | |
| Badger Wells, Pendle Hill | Cairn | SD 783 396 |
| Barton Cross, Barton | Cross | SD 53502 37332 |
| Barton Cross Stone, Barton | Cup Marked Stone | SD 53500 37332 |
| Beadle Hill, Extwistle, Burnley | Earthworks | SD 8895 3420 |
| Blacko Cross, Barrowford | Cross | |
| Bleara Lowe, Earby | Tumulus | SD 92663 45387 |
| Bleara Moor, Earby | Tumulus | SD 9242 4539 |
| Bleara Moor Cairnfield, Earby | Cairns | SD 919 457 |
| Bleasdale Circle, Lancaster | Timber Circle | SD 57717 46004 |
| Boggart Stones, Saddleworth Moor | Legendary Rocks | |
| Bradshaw Cross, Nether Wyresdale | Cross | SD 52474 51414 |
| Brink Ends, Dovestones Moor, Trawden | Cairn | SD 96138 42296 |
| Broadbank Earth Circle, Thursden, Burnley | Enclosure | SD 9024 3522 |
| Brown Hill, Saddleworth | Tumulus | |
| Brown Lowe, Darwen Moor | Tumulus | |
| Buckton Castle, Mossley | Hillfort | SD 9892 0161 |
| Bull Spring, Staining, Poulton-le-Fylde | Sacred Well | SD 35569 36707 |
| Burning Well, Hindley, Wigan | Sacred Well | |
| Burwains, Foulridge | Cairn (destroyed) | SD 888 421 |
| Butt Yeats Cross, Hornby | Cross | |
| Calderstones, Allerton, Liverpool | Chambered Tomb Cup-and-Ring Stones | SJ 405 875 |
| Calf Hey Well, Cockden, Briercliffe | Healing Well | SD 87943 34622 |
| Carling Stone, Blackpool | Legendary Rock | |
| Castercliff, Nelson | Enclosure | SD 8850 3840 |
| Castle Hill, Leck | Settlement | |
| Catlow Quarry, Nelson | Tumulus (destroyed) | SD 884 367 |
| Causeway Edge, Blackstone Edge Moor, Littleborough | ‘Standing Stone’ | SD 97239 17135 |
| Chalybeate Well, Ashton-under-Lyne | Healing Well | |
| Chartist’s Well, Pendleton Moor | Healing Well | |
| Cheetham Close, Egerton, Bolton | Stone Circle | SD 7164 1589 |
| Church Cross, Newchurch-in-Pendle | Cross | |
| Cliviger Laithe, Worsthorne, Burnley | Tumulus (destroyed) | SD 866 309 |
| Cliviger Law, Mereclough, Burnley | Cairn (destroyed) | SD 872 302 |
| Coffin Stone, Sabden | Standing Stone | SD 7717 3830 |
| Cold Well, Laneshaw Bridge | Healing Well | |
| Cook’s Well, Stalybridge | Healing Well | |
| Coombe Hill Cross, Wycoller | Cross | SD 95586 38608 |
| Crime Well, Heysham | Healing Well | |
| Cross Gates Cross, Slaidburn | Cross | SD 70039 53609 |
| Cross Gills, Hurst Green | Cross | |
| Curwen Hall Cross, Hornby | Cross | |
| Delf Hill, Extwistle, Burnley | Ring Cairn | SD 9006 3373 |
| Devil’s Rock, Pendleton | Legendary Stone | |
| Devil’s Apronful, Pendle Hill | Cairn | SD 77907 39357 |
| Dissenters’ Well, Kelbrook, Earby | Healing Well | SD 92104 43179 |
| Dressing Well, Stalybridge | Sacred Well | |
| Druid’s Oak, Caton | Legendary Tree | SD 5297 6467 |
| Dyke Nook Cross, Clitheroe | Cross | |
| Easington Fell Ring, Newton | Enclosure | SD 7167 4911 |
| Eaves Green Cross, Goosnargh | Cross | SD 56770 37765 |
| Emmott Cross, Colne | Cross | SD 888 401 |
| Fair Oak Circle, Whitewell | Settlement | SD 6474 4584 |
| Fairy Holes, Whitewell | Legendary Cave | SD 6553 4677 |
| Fairy Stone, Poulton-le-Fylde | Legendary Rock | |
| Fairy Well, Emmot Moor, Laneshaw Bridge | Sacred Well | |
| Fairy Well, Heysham | Sacred Well | |
| Fairy Well, Preesall, Overwyre | Sacred Well | SD 36711 47562 |
| Fairy Well, Staining, Poulton-le-Fylde | Sacred Well | SD 34908 37119 |
| Flass Bent Well, Laneshaw Bridge | Healing Well | |
| Foldys Cross, Towneley, Burnley | Cross | SD 8523 3066 |
| Foulridge | Standing Stone | SD 8803 4316 |
| Foulscales Stone, Newton | Carved Stone | SD 692 492 |
| Giant’s Stone, Rivington Moor | Legendary Rock | |
| Goose Well, Preston | Healing Well | |
| Gorton Rake, Hurst Green | Cross | |
| Great Doves Stones, Saddleworth Moor | Legendary Rocks | |
| Great Moss Stone, Emmott Moor, Wycoller | Standing Stone | SD 969 384 |
| Great Stone, Downham | Legendary Rock | SD 78212 44402 |
| Great Stone of Fourstones, Lowgill | Legendary Rock | SD 66972 66292 |
| Green Lowe, Whitehill, Darwen | Tumulus | |
| Greystone Cross, Blacko, Barrowford | Cross | |
| Grimeford Cross, Adlington | Cross | SD 6200 1284 |
| Hades Hill, Whitworth | Cairn | SD 909 202 |
| Hameldon Pasture, Worsthorne | Ring Cairn | |
| Hameldon Pasture, Worsthorne | Cup-Marked Stone | SD 891 327 |
| Hameldon Pasture, Worsthorne | Tumulus | |
| Hameldon Spring, Worsthorne | Healing Well | |
| Hangman’s Bank, Preston | Cross | |
| Haulgh, Bolton | Tumulus (destroyed) | SD 7242 0899 |
| Hazel Well, Heswell | Healing Well | |
| Headless Cross, Grimeford, Adlington – a.k.a Grimeford Cross | Cross | SD 6200 1284 |
| Heights Farm, Quernmore | Tumulus | |
| Hell Holes, Kelbrooke | Enclosure | |
| Herders Cross, Wycoller | Cross | SD 94057 39369 |
| Higher Draw Well, Preston | Healing Well | |
| Hill Chapel Cross, Goosnargh | Cross | SD 57273 38505 |
| Holy Well, Didsbury, Manchester | Holy Well (destroyed?) | SJ 8464 9036 |
| Holy Well, Helliwell, Bolton | Holy Well | |
| Holy Well, Hollinshead Hall, Tockholes | Holy Well | SD 6636 1994 |
| Hullown Well, Laneshaw Bridge | Healing Well | |
| Iron Well, Stalybridge | Healing Well | |
| Jeppe Knave Grave, Wiswell | Cairn | SD 7599 3782 |
| Jerusalem Farm, Laneshaw Bridge | Standing Stone | SD 92076 42714 |
| Jinny Well, Newchurch-in-Pendle | Sacred Well | SD 82377 39458 |
| Kendall Well, Preston | Healing Well | |
| Lady Well, Cadishead | Holy Well | |
| Lady Well, Eccles | Holy Well | |
| Lady Well, Kirkby Lonsdale | Holy Well | |
| Lady Well, Preston | Holy Well | |
| Lister Well, White Moor, Barnoldswick | Healing Well | SD 8695 4412 |
| Lodge of Stonyhill, Blackpool | Cairn | |
| Lord’s Well, Eccles | Holy Well | |
| Lower Apronful of Stones, Pendle Hill | Cairn | SD 778 390 |
| Lower Well, Newchurch-in-Pendle | Healing Well | |
| Lower Rivington Reservoir, Anderton | Cup-and-Ring Stone | |
| Low Higham Farm, Hyde | Cairn | |
| Lowlands Well, Wycoller | Healing Well | SD 9317 3944 |
| Lytham Cross, Lytham | Cross | SD 3603 2718 |
| Maiden Cross, Foulridge | Cross | SD 890 423 |
| Maiden Cross, Mereclough | Cross | SD 8936 2883 |
| Man Stone, Whitworth | Legendary Stone | SD 893 171 |
| Marriotts Barrows, Hyde | Tumuli | |
| Marsden Heights Cross, Nelson | Cross | |
| Marsh Lane Well, Preston | Healing Well | |
| Mellor’s Drop Well, Stalybridge | Healing Well | |
| Minspit Well, Preston | Healing Well (destroyed) | SD 540 293 |
| Mitton Church Cross, Great Mitton | Cross | SD 7154 3896 |
| Mitton Green, Great Mitton | Cross | SD 71217 39613 |
| Moor Hey, Weeton | Cairn | |
| Newchurch-in-Pendle, Pendle Hill | Stone Circle (destroyed) | SD 822 387 |
| Nick o’ Pendle Cross, Sabden | Cross | |
| Noon Hill, Rivington Moor | Cairn | |
| Noyna Crags, Foulridge | Enclosure | |
| Nursery Well, Stalybridge | Healing Well | |
| Old Jam Well, Worsthorne | Healing Well | |
| Old Man’s Hill, Turton Moor | Sacred Hill | |
| Old Molly’s Well, Wiswell | Healing Well | |
| Old Wife’s Well, Tockholes, Darwen | Sacred Well | |
| Our Lady’s Well, Fernyhalgh, Preston | Holy Well | SD 555 335 |
| Our Lady’s Well, Kirkby Lonsdale – a.k.a Lady Well | Holy Well | |
| Parsonage Well, Manchester | Holy Well (destroyed) | SJ 836 985 |
| Peg o’ Nell’s Well, Clitheroe | Sacred Well | SD 7355 4257 |
| Pendle Cross, Newchurch-in-Pendle | Cross | |
| Pendle Hill | Sacred Hill | |
| Penny Stone, Blackpool | Legendary Rock | |
| Petrifying Well, Preston | Sacred Well | |
| Pike Lowe, Extwistle, Burnley | Tumulus | |
| Pike Stones, Anglezarke Moor | Long Cairn | |
| Pleasington Cemetery, Blackburn | Tumulus | SD 650 272 |
| Pots and Pans Stone, Greenfield, Oldham | Legendary Rocks | SE 01008 05072 |
| Pound Well, Laneshaw Bridge | Healing Well | |
| Queen of the Fairies Chair, Lowgill | Sacred Rock | |
| Ratten Clough Cross, Emmot Moor | Cross (base) | SD 93997 39746 |
| Ring Stone Hill, Catlow, Nelson | Stone Circle (destroyed?) | SD 892 367 |
| Ringstones, Lowgill | Stone Circle | SD 664 655 |
| Ring Stones, Worsthorne | Enclosure | SD 886 330 |
| Robin Hood’s Bed, Blackstone Edge, Littleborough | Legendary Rocks | SD 97204 16356 |
| Robin Hood’s Stone, Allerton, Liverpool | Standing Stone | SJ 3997 8638 |
| Robin Hood’s Well, Higham | Sacred Well | SD 81755 35151 |
| Robin Hood’s Well, Pendle Hill | Sacred Well | |
| Round Loaf Hill, Anglezarke Moor | Round Barrow | |
| St. Ann’s Well, Preston | Holy Well | |
| St. Chad’s Well, Newchurch-in-Pendle | Holy Well | |
| St. Ellen’s Well, Scorton | Holy Well | SD 53683 50975 |
| St. Helen’s Well, Colne | Holy Well | SD 890 397 |
| St. Helen’s Well, Sefton | Holy Well | SD 3544 0128 |
| St. Helen’s Well, Tarleton | Holy Well | |
| St. Helen’s Well, Whittle-le-Woods | Holy Well | SD 5856 2242 |
| St. Mary’s Well, Newchurch-in-Pendle | Holy Well | |
| St. Mary’s Well, Preston | Holy Well | |
| St. Mary’s Well, Sawley Abbey, Downham | Holy Well | |
| St. Patrick’s Cross, Liverpool | Cross | |
| St. Patrick’s Well, Heysham | Holy Well | SD 4109 6159 |
| St. Patrick’s Well, Slyne, Morecambe | Holy Well | |
| Sainty Well, Heysham | Holy Well | |
| Shay Cross, Wiswell | Cross | |
| Shire Lane Cross, Hurst Green | Cross | |
| Shorey Well, Burnley | Healing Well | SD 844 330 |
| Skelshaw Ring, Easington | Enclosure | SD 7194 5037 |
| Slipper Hill, Worsthorne | Stone Circle | |
| Slipper Lowe, Darwen Moor | Tumulus | |
| Spurn Clough, Fence, Higham | Standing Stone | SD 8249 3685 |
| Standing Stone Field, Fence | Standing Stone | |
| Standing Stones Hill, Anglezarke Moor | Standing Stones | |
| Swinden Cross, Foulridge, Colne | Cross | SD 878 409 |
| Spa Well, Preston | Healing Well | |
| Stump Cross, Goosnargh | Cross | SD 57287 37421 |
| Swires Well, Barley, Pendle | Healing Well | |
| Tailor’s Cross, Foulridge – a.k.a Maiden Cross | Cross | |
| Thieveley, Holme Chapel, Burnley | Tumulus (destroyed) | SD 873 277 |
| Tom Cross, Colne | Cross | SD 92102 43175 |
| Tom Cross, Laneshaw Bridge | Cross | |
| Toot Hill, Great Mitton | Cross | |
| Tooter Hill, Bacup | Settlement | SD 888 237 |
| Torrisholme Barrow, Bare, Morecambe | Tumulus | SD 4596 6425 |
| Turn Lowe, Darwen Moor | Tumulus | |
| Two Lads, Wilder’s Moor, Horwich | Cairns | |
| Upper Cross, Newchurch-in-Pendle | Cross | |
| Walloper Well, Newton | Healing Well | SD 71823 48265 |
| Well Head, Newchurch-in-Pendle | Legendary Well | |
| Werneth Low, Hyde | Settlement (destroyed) | SJ 959 928 |
| Warren Cross, Hurst Green | Cross | |
| Wart Well, Sabden | Healing Well | |
| Whalley Churchyard | Crosses | SD 7326 3616 |
| White Brow, Horwich | Cairn | |
| Winking Well, Laneshaw Bridge | Healing Well | |
| Winter Hill, Rivington Moor | Cairn | |
| Withgill Cross, Great Mitton | Cross | SD 7060 4062 |
| Worsthorne Hill – a.k.a Slipper Hill | ||
| Wycoller Bridge, Trawden | Cup-Marked Stones | SD 931 393 |