Hempshaw's (ruin)

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Hempshaw's (ruin)

The ruined farmsteads of Higher and Lower Hempshaw’s, below Will Narr, between Rivington and Anglezarke moors.

Although still occupied into the 20th Century, by thirty to forty years later only one building (at Lower Hempshaw’s) is shown as not being derelict on the old maps.

Higher Hempshaws (ruin)
Lower Hempshaws (ruin)

Local History

Historic monuments near Hempshaw's (ruin)

  • Pike Stones chambered long cairn – 2.17 km away
  • Bretters Farm moated site and two fishponds – 4.81 km away
  • Headless Cross, Grimeford – 4.34 km away
  • Round Loaf bowl barrow on Anglezarke Moor – 2.06 km away
  • Round cairn on Noon Hill – 1.35 km away
  • Round cairn on Winter Hill – 1.59 km away
  • The Moat House moated site 600m WNW of St David’s Church – 8.57 km away
  • Steam tramway reversing triangle – 6.60 km away
  • Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall – 9.53 km away
  • Moated site at Arley Hall, Haigh near Wigan – 8.10 km away
  • Round cairn 280m west of Old Harpers Farm – 4.26 km away