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Monument Number 78163
Hob Uid: 78163
Location : Cheshire East Lyme Handley
Grid Ref : SJ9781679855
Summary : A Bronze Age round cairn is visible as an extant structure on lidar imagery and the latest 2011 vertical aerial photography.
More information : [SJ 9700 8029] Tumulus situated on the apex of a natural mound known as Reed Hill or Reed's Piece, Sponds Hill. The barrow was surveyed and excavated by W.J. Andrew and others in 1911 who found a primary burial with cist and creamated bones as well as a secondary cist, empty, which probably had contained an urn burial. The barrow had been the subject of an excavation about 100 years earlier (1). Scheduled (2). (1-2) There is no trace of a tumulus on Sponds Hill. The barrow described is on Reed Hill at SJ 977797 (3). A grass covered cairn at SJ 97817984, 14.0m. diam. and 0.8m. high, with an excavation hollow on top. Surveyed at 1/2,500 (4). (SJ97817985) Tumulus (NR) (5). SJ 9781 7985. Round cairn on Reed Hill. Scheduled RSM No 23609. A slightly oval-shaped mound of partly turf-covered stones up to 1.4m high with maximum dimensions of 16m x 15m. See [SJ 98 SE 20] for the unexcavated barrows on Sponds Hill (6). The Bronze Age round cairn was mapped as part of the Cheshire National Mapping Programme project. It is visible as an extant structure with a diameter of 13.7 metres on lidar imagery and the latest 2011 vertical photography (7-8).

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Source details : Trans. L. and C.A.S. 30. 1912. 184-194 plan: sections. (W. J. Andrew)
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Source details : List. Anc. Mon. Eng. and Wales 1961. 22. (MOW)
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Source details : F1 TPW 10-OCT-62
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Source details : F1 TPW 21-APR-64
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Source details : OS 1/2500 1969
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Source details : English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 18/10/93
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : LIDAR SJ9779 Environment Agency FIRST RETURN 23-APR-2006
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SJ9779 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 : Round Cairn, Cremation
Evidence : Earthwork, Find

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CH 55a
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CH 55b
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 23609
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cheshire)
External Cross Reference Number : MCH7056
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 97 NE 12
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1962-10-10
End Date : 1962-10-10

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1964-04-21
End Date : 1964-04-21

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

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 78163