Worsthorne Moor (Slipper Hill) |
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| District: Lancashire
Ordnance Survey map reference: SD 885327. Landranger map number: 103. Latitude: 53.475 degrees. Longitude: -2.105 degrees. Architecture: ?. Length of the major axis: metres. Length of the minor axis: metres. Height of the highest stone: 0.19 metres. Shape: ?. Number of stones in the circle originally: . Number of stones in the circle now: 5-6 Impression of the site (10 amazing, 1 limp): 1 Burl rating of the circle: 4 (Destroyed, unrecognisable ). Thom reference for the circle: -. Astronomical alignments from this circle: -. Excavations undertaken at this circle: -. Details of any finds at this circle: - This circle is not in state care. Access to the circle: This site is found a few hundred meters along a dirt track and public footpath just above the village of Worsthorne. It is marked on the Landranger OS 1:50,000 map as a stone circle altough nothing but a couple of grass embedded boulders are all that seem to remain. Description:It is possible to detect five or six remaining stones from this stone circle although none of them stick out from the ground much more than a few inches and would be virtually impossible to see if the grass were longer. The site could easily be misinterpreted as natural rock if it wasn't for the fact it is marked on the OS map. When I tried to find the site in 1987 there was a council rubbish dump close by and the area looked nothing like it does today. I did find one or two stones stuck out the ground but having seen the recent photo below that was taken by John Belbin, I am not sure that the stones I saw on the day of my visit are the same stones that appear in the photo. The site is clearly in a very poor state and virtually unrecognisable as a stone circle even though it does appear on the 1:50000 OS Landranger maps. The circle of Worsthorne can also be found a little further down the same public footpath but it too is ruinous and unrecognisable as a stone circle. A 6" long flint dagger was found on Worsthorne Moor and is now in Towneley Museum - presumably this was found at one of the two Worsthorne sites. (History of Burnley, 1946). |
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| Worsthorne Moor or Slipper Hill Stone Circle. This photo was taken and sent to me by John Belbin. I did not photograph the site myself during my only visit in 1987 and cannot be certain that this is the same site that I visited. The picture does clearly show an arrangement of stones, albeit only just visible, but I am certain that this is the remains of the circle. | ||||||||||||||||||
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