Lancashire Past

Lancashire History Website and Blog

Prehistoric

Neolithic (New Stone Age)

Robin Hood Stone A huge prehistoric monolith stands in a Liverpool housing estate

The Calderstones Rare survivors from a Prehistoric burial chamber

 

Bronze Age

Pendleton Bronze Age Burials, near Clitheroe Rare and intriguing finds in these prehistoric pots

Ashleigh Bronze Age Barrow A reconstructed circle on site and burial pots in Darwen Library

Two Lads, Horwich Two stone mounds stand on a ridge near Winter Hill. Why are they there?

Astley Hall Farm Bronze Age Burial Monument  A chance discovery reveals a prehistoric structure

Noon Hill Bronze Age Cairn, Rivington Excavation has revealed many of the cairn’s secrets

Winter Hill Bronze Age Cairn, Belmont The mound offers a glimpse into Bronze Age beliefs in the afterlife

 

Bog Burials

Red Moss Bog Body, Horwich  An ancient find becomes a focal point to save an endangered landscape

The Pilling Bog Body A Prehistoric burial that was believed to have been a murder victim from Georgian times

 

Guardian Skulls as Possible Bog Burials

The Enigmatic Skull of Skull House, Appley Bridge Why would a house be named after its resident skull?

The Timberbottom Skulls  Folklore, history and speculation in Turton

 

Iron Age Hillforts

Iron Age House Reconstruction An insight into home life in the Iron Age

Castercliff, Nelson An intriguing site that hints at attack and abandonment

Castlesteads, Bury A promontory fort, protected by a river and steep sides

 

Iron Age Hillforts later reused as Norman Castles

Rochdale Castle

Castle Stedes, Hornby