Why is Ruins Lane called Ruins Lane?

[Stanwix England]

I've been researching some ancestors who lived in Ruins Lane in Harwood, Lancashire in the 1870s. I was wondering why Ruins Lane had that name, I'm assuming it went past some ruins at some point but ruins of what?

I haven't been able to find anything online, was just wondering if anyone local knew.

[Kay99]

If it helps there is a hamlet labled Ruins on old maps https://maps.nls.uk/view/126520451#zoom=5&lat=3001&lon=12933&layers=BT  https://maps.nls.uk/view/102344024#zoom=6&lat=5930&lon=6892&layers=BT

Kay

Added - also found this article 19 January 1884 - Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser  -  On Wednesday, while some workmen were employed repairing the flooring of an old cottage known ''The Ruins," Harwood, near Bolton, they discovered under one of stones a large number of current coins the realm....

[stanmapstone]

I've been researching some ancestors who lived in Ruins Lane in Harwood, Lancashire in the 1870s. I was wondering why Ruins Lane had that name, I'm assuming it went past some ruins at some point but ruins of what?

I haven't been able to find anything online, was just wondering if anyone local knew.

Still called Ruins Lane https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18&lat=53.60125&lon=-2.38842&layers=168&right=BingHyb

Stan

[Maiden Stone]

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Townships: Harwood in "History of the County of Lancaster" vol. 5 Victorian County History digitised as British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol5/pp268-270#fnn16

Memories of a resident of Ruins Lane, "Memories of Life in Harwood", Bolton Evening News 18th September 2013.
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/10681603.memories-of-life-in-harwood