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Monument Number 71228
Hob Uid: 71228
Location : Cheshire West and Chester Utkinton and Cotebrook
Grid Ref : SJ5546066210
Summary : Bronze Age round barrow surviving as an earthwork.
More information : [SJ 5547 6620] High Billinge Tumulus. (1) The barrow is situated at SJ 5546 6621. See survey. (2) A round barrow, 30.0m in diameter, 1.8m in height. No visible remains of a ditch. Surmounted by trees. Published 1:2500 survey, 1970, correct. (3) SJ 555662. High Billinge: round earthen mound; diameter 32m; height 4.4m; tree-and-turf-covered. (4) The mound as described, is situated on a prominent hill-top, and within an area of modern deciduous woodland. It is in good condition, although slightly disturbed by tree planting. Although somewhat larger than other barrows in the area, and surprising sharply defined, the absence of documentary evidence or associated features weighs against it being of medieval origin. It is scheduled as a barrow. (5) SJ 5546 6621. High Billinge bowl barrow. Scheduled RSM No 23705. (6) This feature was mapped from lidar imagery as part of the 'Cheshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping Project: the Chester environs' in 2019. The barrow is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery in the north-west of the parish of Utkinton. It is extant on the latest 2016 vertical photography. (7-8)

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Source details : Corr 6" (G. Webster, 1950)
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Source details : Cheshire Rural Community Council (M.H. Ridgeway,Bunbury, Vicarage).
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Source details : F2 ASP 12-MAR-76
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Source details : VCH Ches 1 1987 86
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Source details : F3 RWN 30-MAR-87
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Source details : English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 9/12/94
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Source details : LIDAR Environment Agency FIRST RETURN 21-NOV-2015
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Source details : Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 19-JUL-2016
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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
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CH 27
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 23705
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cheshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 858
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 56 NE 15
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1961-10-18
End Date : 1961-10-18

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1976-03-12
End Date : 1976-03-12

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1987-03-30
End Date : 1987-03-30

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 71228