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Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 887165
Hob Uid: 887165
Location : Lancashire Burnley Cliviger
Grid Ref : SD8720030200
Summary : Sites of two cairns with cist and inhumation/urn and axe hammer. Cliviger Law House.
More information : SD 872302. Cliviger Law House. Circa 1763 a 'heap of stones (cairn) was removed as materials for a turnpike road' and a cist with an inhumation was found. In 1766 another tumulus was removed and an urn found. An axe hammer is said to have been associated. (1) A Roman coin hoard [SD 83 SE 35] was discovered on or near a tumulus at Law House in 1695. (2)

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Source details : Barnes B 1982 Man and the Changing Landscape (99) University of Liverpool, Dept of Prehistoric Archaeology Work Notes 3 Wallasey: Eaton Press
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Shotter D 1990 Roman Coins From North-West England (150-1) Resource Paper of the Centre for North West Reg Studies, Lancaster University.
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Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Cairn, Cist, Cinerary Urn, Inhumation, Cremation
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Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Cairn, Cist, Cinerary Urn, Inhumation, Cremation
Object Type : AXE HAMMER
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SD 83 SE 50
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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1766-01-01
End Date : 1766-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 887165