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ROBIN HOODS TUMP

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Bronze Age bowl barrow, constructed over a possible settlement site, no burials found during excavation.

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(SJ 57475993) Tumulus (NR) (1)

'Robin Hood's Tump' a round mound, was excavated by
W J Varley and found to be constructed of sand and turf. No
burials were found but the material of the mound contained a dozen
worked flints. Two post holes and a pit in the northern margin
of the mound were attributed to an occupation of the site before
the mound was erected. (2) (3). See plan (2) - AO/62/315/8.

Scheduled as a round barrow (4). (2-4)

A turf and tree covered round barrow 17.0m in diameter and 1.2m
high.
Re-scheduled (as a round barrow) 10.11.75 (a).
Published survey 1:2500 correct. (5)

SJ 5747 5993. Robin Hood's Tump bowl barrow. Scheduled RSM No 22593.
A flat-topped sand and turf mound 17m in diameter and 1.5m high. (6)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1954

( 2) General reference

Prehistoric Cheshire 1940 48 fig 6 (W J Varley)

( 3) General reference

Report of the 43rd Congress of Arch Studies 1936 22

( 4) General reference

AMs Eng & Wales 1961 22 (MOW)

( 5a) General reference

Notice Board on site.

( 5) Field Investigators Comments

F1 FKB 24-MAR-76

(6) General reference

English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 29/9/93

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