Archaeology of Broomhead Moor
Sunday 9 November 2025 8:58 pm
Over a couple of winters in 2024-25, Tim Cockrell and his team have been doing a walkover survey of the very extensive Broomhead Moor, which is still owned by the Rimington Wilson family. As a grouse moor rising up to well over 400m, it was inaccessible until after the CROW Act of 2000 and has received little attention, but has long been known as a source of prehistoric flint scatters.
Walking in line across the heather, the group have recorded over 230 features. These included standing stones, cairns, linear banks, gatepost roughouts, boundary markers, rectangular enclosures, stone rows and embanked stone circles. The project also had a big impact on the members’ learning and wellbeing.
You can find the full report by Tim of the survey of Broomhead Moor – the last one on the list at Reports – BOLSTERSTONE ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE GROUP
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