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My other half has just had his first novel published as an ebook.this is the product of several years work as OH lost his job after we relocated here and spent his time writting this. …
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Robert Glass Opticians on Market Street Shaw are re-locating to larger premises on the same street at the end of Febuary. Same great staff and good value, just a new look! I wonder what sort …
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![Dist:0.5km<br/>View NE from a footpath linking Twirl Hill Road to Lily Lanes on the climb from Lees New Road up to Hartshead Pike via Hartshead Green. The path starts from just around the corner of the road shown on[[2601]]](http://s1.geograph.org.uk/photos/20/37/203753_ccf72532_120x120.jpg "SD9502 : Heifer in field")
![Dist:0.5km<br/>Although the name "Hartshead Pike" is widely associated the monument, it was originally the name of the hill itself. Although not the highest point on the hill, the Pike’s prominent position, 940 feet above sea level, has meant that, from early times, it has been the site of a beacon or signalling station. It is highly probable that the druids worshipped at Hartshead Pike during the Iron Age, and sacrifices may have been held to appease their gods.
The earliest structure on this spot may have been a stone pillar, erected to commemorate the passing through the area of King Canute, who is also remembered in the names of Knott Hill and Knott Lanes.
A tower had been built on the hill by the eighteenth century and was re-built in 1751 by a public subscription (([[[2649510]]] ). However, it was badly damaged by lightning and a hundred years later, all that remained was this ring of stone standing just to the north of the present tower ([[[2649551]]] ).
http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history/hartshead.htm -Ashton Under Lyne.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartshead_Pike - Wikipedia
http://www.tameside.gov.uk/countryside/access/hartshead -Tameside MBC](http://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/64/95/2649566_c1460ff6_120x120.jpg "SD9602 : Hartshead Pike")
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