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Monument Number 68705
Hob Uid: 68705
Location : Cheshire West and Chester Shocklach Oviatt and District
Grid Ref : SJ4546448345
Summary : Bronze Age bowl barrow surviving as an earthwork. Suggested tree trunk coffin.
More information : SJ 455483. A round barrow, 50 to 60ft. in diameter and approx. 6ft. high, was excavated by Mr.J.Blake of New HouseFarm, Shocklach, who discovered an oak plank at a depth of about 7ft, possibly part of a trunk coffin. It is suggested that the barrow covers an inhumation burial of E.B.A. date (1). The barrow at SJ 45454834 is oval in shape, 20.0 m. E - W, and 16.0 m. N - S. This shape is probably due to ploughing. It is 1.5 m. high, and grass covered with no ditch. Surveyed at 1/2500 (2). No change to field report of 10.1.69. Published survey (1:2500) correct (3). SJ 4546 4834. Bowl barrow 250m SSE of Meadows Farm. Scheduled RSM No 22587 (4). The Bronze Age bowl barrow was visible as an extant earthwork mound and surrounding ditch on lidar imagery and the latest 2010 aerial photography and was mapped as part of the Cheshire National Mapping Programme project. The barrow was approximately 18.9m in diameter and centred at SJ 4546 4834 and appears to have been respected by later medieval ridge and furrow ploughing (UID 1607976) (5-6).

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Source details : CBA Gp.5 N.L., 7, April 1966, 7.
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Source details : F1 DRB 10-NOV-69
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Source details : F2 DJC 22-MAR-76
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Source details : English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 19/10/93
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Source details : LIDAR SJ4548 Environment Agency FIRST RETURN 22-MAR-2006
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Source details : Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SJ4548 11-OCT-2010
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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 : Bowl Barrow, Tree Trunk Coffin, Ditch
Evidence : Earthwork, Find

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CH 83
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 22587
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cheshire)
External Cross Reference Number : MCH1431
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 44 NE 11
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Associated Monuments :
Relationship type : Is referred to by

Related Activities :

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1960-01-01
End Date : 1969-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-11-10
End Date : 1969-11-10

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1976-03-22
End Date : 1976-03-22

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

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 68705