According to an article published in 1829, Cheetham Close was once a druidical ritual place and a Roman road passed 'within two hundred yards' of the megalith.

[3][4] The stone circle at Cheetham Close measured about 18.5 metres (61 ft) in diameter.

In 1871 Greenhalgh identified a seventh stone and drew attention to the destruction of the site.

The site probably originally contained ten equally spaced gritstone slabs.

The quern and arrowheads suggest the settlers were a pastoral community who supplemented their diet by hunting.