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Re: Prehistoric stone row - or collapsed modern wa

Mar 09, 2005, 11:01

Nobody builds wall in that way; not now, not ever. There are maps of this land from 1600 onwards - the modern period - none show anything other than the wall, which is now broken, that is behind it. The ancient boundary called the Dene Ditch runs beside this now mainly broken wall. If the wall, which divides Bolton from Darwen, was built in the 1700's, say, then the ditch is supposed to be ancient. Possibly Iron Age, possibly even Neolithic. This is the view expressed in the book The History of Bolton (the relevant chapter written by my school history teacher, incidentally).

A claim for a lunar alignment can only be refuted after it has first been tested. You have not done this and I would suggest you are an armchair stonespotter. Please get up onto Bolton Moors and take a look at this small stone row for yourself. Take some pictures even - they will certainly be better than mine. Then I'll be interested in your opinion (rather than before).

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