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Monument Number 76436
Hob Uid: 76436
Location : Cheshire East Siddington
Grid Ref : SJ8451572572
Summary : A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as an earthwork on historic aerial photography but is obscured by tree cover on the latest 2010 vertical imagery.
More information : [SJ 8451 7257] Tumulus [OE] (1). Bronze Age burial site at Capesthorne (2) Sainter refers to two tumuli in Capesthone Park (3) (2-3). A round barrow with an average diameter of 17.0m. and 1.5m high. Published survey (25") revised. There is no trace of another barrow in the area, though there are natural mounds which may have been mistaken for barrows (4). SJ 8451 7256. Bowl barrow 450m SE of Capesthorne Hall. Scheduled RSM No 22575. An earthen mound measuring 20m in diameter and up to 2m high, situated on a local high point in woodland. See SJ 87 SW 25 for the probable second barrow identified by Sainter (5). The Bronze Age round barrow, centred at SJ 8451 7257, is visible as an earthwork mound on historic aerial photography but is obscured by tree cover on the latest 2010 vertical imagery. It was mapped as part of the Cheshire National Mapping Programme project and measures approximately 17.5 metres in diameter. The barrow appears to have been respected by post medieval ploughing (UID 1602012) (6-7).

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Source details : OS 6" 1954
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Source details : Trans L and CAS 50 1934-5 97 (J Wilfrid Jackson)
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Source details : Scientific Rambles Round Macclesfield 1878 156 (J.D.Sainter)
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Source details : F1 TPW 10-APR-64
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Source details : English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 15/9/93
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Source details : RAF/CPE/UK/1935 FP 1085 17-JAN-1947
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SJ8472 11-OCT-2010
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Round Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CH 60
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 22575
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cheshire)
External Cross Reference Number : MCH6994
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 87 SW 3
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Relationship type : Is referred to by

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1964-04-10
End Date : 1964-04-10

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2015-07-08
End Date : 2017-02-28

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 76436