Stone in the countryside

Superb flag fencing criss crossing the landscape at Back Cowm, Whitworth

Large scale flag fencing adjacent to Lee Quarry tramway.

Even flagstones with flag buttresses at Hud Clough, Whitworth

Double row of flag fencing at Back Cowm Farm

Stepped profile flag fence at Cock Hall, Whitworth

Unusual flag fence sheep fold at Back Cowm, Whitworth

Flag fence modified to farm porch Moss Meadows Farm, Stacksteads

High quality stepped waterboard walling. Spring Mill, Whitworth

Dry stone wall 'corridor' plus flag causey, Healey Stones, Healey

Wall with flag stone over sheep creep, Bacup Old Rd

Grade II listed circular tree guard, later sheep pen, Cow Toot, Bacup

T shaped wall pattern for sheep shelter near Plunge, Edenfield

Quarryman's hut with stone cupboards and chimney, Cragg Quarry

Quarryman's hut with more complex entrance, Ab Top Quarry

Stacked grey (stone) slates with peg holes, Halsingden Grane

Large flagstone roof near Thimble Hall, Watergrove

Gate post and ruins at Causeway Head, Musbury Valley

Strong ripple marks in gate post, Grove Head, Grane Valley

Distinct stone row - 'a stretcher gate' for drying warp, Thimble Hall, Watergrove

A junction of 2 sets of stone causeys some rutted by early stone truck, Rooley Moor Rd, Cowpe

Old causeys clearly rutted by stone trucks, Cowclough Rake, Cowm

Eye catching bridge over Old Lane, purpose unknown, Cow Toot, Bacup

Flag stone spans and support on clapper bridge at Hippins, Waterfoot

Flag stone parapets on bridge over River Ogden, Irwell Vale

Turnpike road bridge over early pack horse bridge at Ewood Bridge

Bridges as only remains of fulling mill in Healey Dell Whitworth

Early chimneys - the transition from water to steam power, Bridge Clough, Waterfoot

Detached chimney above Greenbridge Works, Rawtenstall. The flue up the hillside gains height to the chimney

Primitive use of stone to create a grate, Hud Clough, Whitworth

Hand carved manhole cover in flagstone, Alder Bottom, Edenfield

Waugh's Well on the moorlands above Edenfield. The late John Taylor organising an annual pilgrimage.

'Spewing Duck' well at Goodshaw Fold, the trough is created by flagstone slabs

Large hand carved stone trough, New Hall Hey. Rawtenstall