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this message appeared on the caving UK mailbase thought members would be interested Mike WWW.moorebooks.co.uk [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: janice neil <[log in to unmask]> Newsgroups: uk.rec.caving Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 3:10 PM Subject: Alderley Edge sites get Scheduled Ancient Monument Status > Alderley Edge sites get Scheduled Ancient Monument Status > > After years of lobbying the UK Government 5 sites at Alderley Edge > Are given Ancient Monument Status, the most important of the sites > Is the Golden stone site, After the finding the gold bar at Alderley > in > 1992 in Artist lane a search was made of the Golden stone area. > This produced 3 gold bars ..as a direct result of the gold finds > At Alderley the Secretary of State for Culture had to bring (SAM) > Status to Alderley. > > The sites Scheduled are > The Beacon Mound > Site of pre-Armarda beacon first seen on map by Saxton 1577 > > Boundary marker at Saddlebole, > A copper smelting area > > Copper treatment works area between West and Wood Mines > > Engine Vein mine area > It is hoped to reverse the damage to this Bronze Age mining area > Vandalised by the National Trust. > > The Sites on the Gold finds at Alderley Edge are.. > > http://www.geocities.com/athens/troy/6253 > > http://members.tripod.com/alderley > > Janice Neil > >