Bowstones
The Bowstones or Bow Stones are a pair of Anglian cross shafts in Cheshire, England. Situated beside the old ridgeway between Disley and Macclesfield, overlooking Lyme Park, the Cheshire Plain, the city of Manchester and the hills of the Peak District, they are a scheduled monument.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anthony Parkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Wayside cross
- Description: scheduled monument in the parish of Lyme Handley, Cheshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “The Bow Stones Anglian cross shafts” and “The Bowstones”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lyme Park and The Lantern.
Lyme Park
Park
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lyme Park is a large estate south of Disley, Cheshire, England. It is managed by the National Trust and consists of a mansion house surrounded by formal gardens and a deer park in the Peak District National Park.
The Murder Stone: a standing stone 150m north west of Cornfield Farm
Archaeological site
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Murder Stone: a standing stone 150m north west of Cornfield Farm is an archaeological site, which is situated 3,600 feet east of Bowstones.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kettleshulme and Hockerley.
Kettleshulme
Village
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kettleshulme is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kettleshulme and Lyme Handley, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
Hockerley
Suburb
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hockerley is a suburb, which is situated 2 miles east of Bowstones.
Taxal
Hamlet
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whaley Bridge is a town and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England. It is situated on the River Goyt, 16 miles south-east of Manchester, 7 miles north of Buxton, 9 miles north-east of Macclesfield and 28 miles west of Sheffield. Taxal is situated 2 miles southeast of Bowstones.
Bowstones
- Categories: stone cross and historic site
- Location: Lyme Handley, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.32869° or 53° 19′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.04067° or 2° 2′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C5V8XH5+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 357337828OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_crossWikidata ID
Q17651052
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Highlights include Higher Moor and Park Moor.
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