[Lordmagic]

Thats right, I think Waltons Spire has been redressed by the said landowner, thats the Victorians all over, Empire building spoilt alot of our heritage but it gave us a land to be proud of also! The spire is reputed to be of Norse origin (the base anyway), The Nave has undergone some form of dig, where in the early 1900's various items were recovered along with a deceased person but there is no evidence of the finds surviving to this day, do you know where they are? I think they were an axe head, shield and other bits and bobs, I'll let you know later. Another site mentioned was Mereclough, and a field locally known as Battlefield, where it is reputed to have a large boulder within the enclosure where the kings and Earls of the armies met before battle, does anyone know of this area? Another area of claim is Elslack but it definately makes sense to do battle around these parts when you look at ancient borders and their writings of history especially the northern border of Mercia merging with Northumbria, the River Ribble running straight through these locations and the ancient trading route from Lancashire over the pennines to Yorkshire............ MMMmmmm let you think about it for now.