Archaeology
The Cuff Hill rocking stone (NS 3827 5542) is a large glacial erratic boulder of basaltic greenstone lying on porphyrite that some associate with the Druids, part of the old Hessilhead Barony. It no longer rocks due to people digging beneath to ascertain its fulcrum. It is in a small wood and surrounded by a circular drystone wall.
A cleft in the west-front of Cuff hill is still known as 'St. Inan's Chair' and said to have been used by the saint as a pulpit. and a crystal clear holy well existed nearby, now sadly covered over (2006). On Cuff Hill are also a group of four standing stones, the Druid's Grave and the likely site of a pre-reformation chapel at Kirklee Green.
A chapel and well dedicated to St. Bridget existed at nearby Trearne on a low hill, with an associated burial ground and a nook in which was set a carving of two figures, possibly a cat and a rabbit, measuring 25 inches (640 mm) by 15 inches (380 mm). The ruins at Trearne were destroyed by quarrying in comparatively recent times.
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