The Blackheath Barrow is a flat Bronze Age barrow and embanked stone circle near Butt Stones just north of Todmorden at Stansfield. It stands 925 ft above sea-level.
Although not a true barrow, it was known as Roman Barrow, and, because of its shape, it was known locally as the Frying Pan circle.
The circle was 100 ft in diameter.
A number of stones were scattered around the outer edge of the site, including 4 semi-circular cairns – possibly kilns – at the 4 points of the compass.
On 7th July 1898, Abraham Crossley, Robert Law and Tattersall Wilkinson opened the barrow.
Finds included:
These urns contained:
The finds are housed in Todmorden Public Library.
The barrow was described by Robert Law in the Halifax Naturalist and, in 1906, by J. Lawson Russell in Ling Roth's book Yorkshire Coiners.
Knur and Spell used to be played in the circle.
The monument is now a part of one of the greens on the local golf course
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