x001 - Little Low - Was there a fort here?

[@chriswilman9041]

Thanks very much for that - for 2 reasons: (1) every time I drive to and from Macc. I look at this hill with a kind of sense that it has to be an ancient burial site so I'm pleased to discover that (2) it has a name and that name tells me straight away that yes, it is/was a substantial burial site. Any place name in our region (I'm local to you) that ends in the word 'low' indicates there is a burial site from ancient history. 'Hlaw' is the Norse-English word for 'grave', so think of all Peak District place names with 'low' in, eg. Arbor Low, Cowlow, Hindlow, Ladylow, Dowlow, Grinlow (where Solomon's Temple is), Ladmanlow, Staden Low, Brierlow, to name but a few! The first part of the word or the first word is apparently the person buried in there. Little Low site looks to have been ransacked though.

[@ikklepip]

If you go to old-maps.co.uk and look at the area, it seems to be the site of a former quarry. Also, look at www.fivenine.co.uk/family_history_notebook/background/Cheshire/The%20Story%20of%20Rainow/story_of_rainow.html There’s a paragraph under the coal mines sections that mentions Big Low and the shafts dug there.

[@ikklepip]

Having said that, I also found this - www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=7466

[@hayfielddroneguy9221]

Phil Hamblet thank you! That is very interesting. The history of this video is that I was contacted out of the blue by a local historian and a university professor who were looking at this particular hill and whether it could have been a hill fort in the past. I’m not sure if anything came of the visit or footage but nothing was said about a former quarry. As for the old maps website... that’s a great resource. Probably will lose a few hours on that site!

[@ikklepip]

I doubt whether anyone would be able to tell if a settlement was ever there due to the ground being too disturbed. Archeology is relatively new and people before 1800 didn’t really care much for the preservation of interesting sites, especially when it’s above a precious resource. Once you’ve checked out Old Maps, another great resource is the National Library of Scotland’s georeferenced maps - maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/spy/#zoom=17&lat=53.29042&lon=-2.06624&layers=168&b=1&r=30 The spy mode at the top enables you to superimpose the old OS maps over the current satellite data to show you what used to be there. It’s brilliant! You can change the satellite view to other types of data eg Lidar. This can be useful for seeing ‘through’ trees and foliage to examine the underlying ground elevation. Just switch between DSM and DTM to cut through the trees. A perfect example of this is Arden Hall on Far Cromwell Rd in Bredbury. In satellite view it’s just a building and trees, in Lidar mode you can see the old moat through the trees. You can even 3D model in at houseprices.io/lidar/SJ9188493294/3d Anyway, I’ve got a bit carried away. Cheers for your reply!