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Bleara Lowe
Hob Uid: 46285
Location : Lancashire, North Yorkshire Craven, Pendle Earby, Lothersdale
Grid Ref : SD9267045390
Summary : Two Bronze Age round cairns, one named, surviving as structures.
More information : [SD 9242 4540] TUMULUS [O.E.] [SD 9267 4539] BLEARA LOWE (TUMULUS) [O.E.] (1) Listed. No further information. (2) Both features described as "ancient graves". (3) Two earth and stone mounds, the remains of prob. bowl barrows. The corrected position of Bleara Lowe is now SD 9266 4538. See 25" A.M. for survey and comments. (4) Condition unchanged. Survey of 11.8.60 checked and still correct. (5) SD 9266 4538. Bleara Lowe round cairn. Scheduled RSM No 23717. A slightly oval mound of peat and heather-covered stones up to 1.4m high with max dimensions of 21m E-W x 19m N-S. There is a rectangular hollow 3m x 1.5m x 0.4m deep on the cairn's summit. SD 9242 4539. Round cairn 230m W of Bleara Howe. Scheduled RSM No 23718. A partly mutilated slightly oval mound of peat and heather-covered stones up to 1.2m high with max dimensions of 23m NNE-SSW x 21m WNW-ESE. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1906/38.
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Source details : VCH Yorks, Vol.2, 1912, p.71
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Source details : F1 ECW 18-JUL-60
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Source details : Rev. O.N.B. (1906) p.42
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Source details : F2 RWE 11-AUG-60
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Source details : F3 RL 19-DEC-63
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : English Heritage Scheduling Amendments 20/8/94
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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
Evidence : Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : LA 177a
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : LA 177b
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 23717
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 23718
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SD 94 NW 5
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1953-12-19
End Date : 1953-12-19

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1960-07-18
End Date : 1960-07-18

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1960-08-11
End Date : 1960-08-11

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1963-12-19
End Date : 1963-12-19

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Bleara Lowe