Alleged chambered round cairn on Stronstrey Bank, identified during a survey of Anglezarke and Rivington Moors by the Cumbria and Lancashire Archaeological Unit. More likely a cist beneath a cairn.
(SD 621 187). A chambered round cairn on Stronstrey Bank was identified in 1983-5 by the Cumbria and Lancashire Archaeological Unit during a survey of Anglezarke and Rivington Moors (site 40).The monument is of unusual form. It comprises a large, slightly pear-shaped, cairn incorporating a chamber formed from a large unworked slab (capstone) which slopes down to the ground at the back but is supported at the front by an upright portal on one side and the body of the cairn on the other. The cairn lies close to post-medieval quernstone workings, but is quite distinct, both in form and its deliberate construction, from the later activity.Although the chamber is incorporated within a cairn and not free-standing, there are similarities with some of the megalithic tombs of north Wales. (1)
SD 62079 18705. The monument was briefly visited during a rapid perambulation of Anglezarke Moor to inspect damage following the moorland fire of early May 2011. It is largely as described by authority 1, but seems better categorised as a large cist rather than chambered cairn. It lies close to post-medieval quarrying which includes evidence of millstone, not quern, working (SD 61 NW 37).It appears unaffected by the recent fire. (2)
Marker type: Findspot
