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Monument Number 78131
Hob Uid: 78131
Location : Cheshire East Rainow
Grid Ref : SJ9586376626
Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrows survives as an extant earthwork mound on the latest 2011 vertical aerial photography.
More information : [SJ 9587 7663] Tumulus [OE] (1). B.A. Barrow at Ginclough (2). At SJ 95857662. A turf covered round barrow. Diam. 22.0 m. Ht. 1.4 m. Published survey (25") revised (3). SJ 9586 7663. Bowl barrow 100m W of Black Rock Farm. Scheduled RSM No 22568. A bowl barrow located on a slight knoll on the hillside below a broad shelf. A sub-circular mound of earth and stones is 22.5m in diameter and up to 1.6m high. Undocumented investigation of the barrow's centre has left a hollow 4m in diameter and 0.3m deep approached by a shallow trench from the SW (4). The Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as an extant earthwork mound on the latest 2011 vertical aerial photography and was mapped as part of the Cheshire National Mapping Programme project. The mound is roughly circular and is sixteen metres in diameter, with the shallow curvilinear depression in its centre, as mentioned by Authority 4 (5).

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Source details : OS 6" 1954
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Source details : Prehistoric Cheshire 1940 Schedule V (W.J. Varley)
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Source details : F1 TPW 20-APR-64
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 20/10/93
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SJ9576 08-APR-2011
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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
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
Display Date : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Pit
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cheshire)
External Cross Reference Number : MCH7007
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CH 52
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 22568
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 97 NE 2
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1964-04-20
End Date : 1964-04-20

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1972-01-01
End Date : 1972-12-31

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

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 78131