Well I never - You learn summat new everyday:-)

I was always told that the earliest settlement around these 'ere parts was in Eccles - And that was bronze age and Pictish! Just shows what bollocks these 'ere pseudo historians tell the gullible public!

Thanks for putting the record straight, Paul. What about the other thing re picts - The peak district was a corruption of the pict district. More spherical objects?

Anyroads - I can tell you something that is true that you may not know about pre-history. Bronze age huts all had a groove in the doorway. It was speculated on for years - was it architectural, religious, cultural, what? When the bronze age village was re-created for TV some years ago they found that the chickens used to gather in doorways and create grooves. Not sure if this was the only reason but it makes you think dunnit?

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