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Monument Number 78404
Hob Uid: 78404
Location : Cheshire East Lyme Handley
Grid Ref : SJ9700480277
Summary : Two Bronze Age round or bowl barrows surviving as earthworks are visible on the latest 2011 aerial photography. The barrows have previously been scheduled.
More information : 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). The two bowl barrows of Bronze Age date, centred at SJ 9700 8029 and SJ 9700 8026, were mapped as part of the Cheshire National Mapping Programme project. They are visible on the latest 2011 vertical photography as extant earthwork mounds with diameters of around 8 to 8.5 metres, though the southern barrow appears to have had a scoop removed from its northern side and centre (3).

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Source details : Ches Sites and Mons Rec 1979 Macclesfield Dist
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Source details : English Heritage Scheduling Amendments 21/10/93
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SJ9780 08-OCT-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 Barrow, Bowl Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cheshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 5/AR 334
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CH 55
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 22571
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 22572
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cheshire)
External Cross Reference Number : MCH7064
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cheshire)
External Cross Reference Number : MCH7009
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 98 SE 20
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1911-01-01
End Date : 1911-12-31

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

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 78404