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earthworks, scheduled ancient monument

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Scheduled ancient monument and site of earthwork, built as local defence against the 1745 Rebellion when Bonnie Prince Charlie's Scots had advanced as far south as Derby. He then retreated preventing a massive battle on this site, which subsequently played out at Culloden.

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Coordinates: 52°53'56"N 2°5'58"W

Wall Fort 30 km
Bury Walls Hillfort 36 km
The Walls hillfort 40 km
Butterley Tunnel (Derelict) 49 km
Helsby Hill 61 km
Former POW Camp 82 km
Remains of Revesby Cistercian Abbey 139 km
Hanging Grimston medieval settlement 153 km
Aldro earthworks 156 km
Skipsea Castle 173 km

Hilderstone CP 2.5 km
Sandon and Burston CP 3.1 km
Stone Rural CP 3.2 km
Milwich CP 4.3 km
Marston CP 5.2 km
Salt and Enson CP 6.2 km
Gayton CP 6.4 km
Fradswell CP 6.5 km
Stafford 7.6 km
Stowe-by-Chartley and Hixon CPs 9 km

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Hilderstone CP Sandon and Burston CP Stone Rural CP Milwich CP Marston CP Salt and Enson CP Gayton CP Fradswell CP Stafford Stowe-by-Chartley and Hixon CPs