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MONUMENT NO. 78404

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Two Bronze Age round barrows surviving as earthworks.

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SJ 97008024. A possible round burial mound, noted in
1977. (1)

SJ 9699 8024. Bowl barrow 50m S of summit of Sponds Hill. Scheduled
RSM No 22572. A flat-topped turf-covered oval mound of earth and
stone up to 1m high with maximum dimensions of 19.5m by 16m.

SJ 9700 8029. Bowl barrow on summit of Sponds Hill. Scheduled RSM
No 22571. A slightly oval mound of earth and stones up to 0.5m high
with maximum dimensions of 8.25m by 7.5m. There is an OS column on
the barrow's summit. (2)

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Ches Sites and Mons Rec 1979 Macclesfield Dist

(2) General reference

English Heritage Scheduling Amendments 21/10/93

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