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Monument Number 78169
Hob Uid: 78169
Location : Cheshire East Rainow
Grid Ref : SJ9764578791
Summary : A Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as an extant earthwork mound on Google Earth imagery and the latest 2011 vertical photography.
More information : SJ 97657879. A barrow, overlain by a stone wall (1-2). SJ 9765 7879. Bowl barrow at Charles Head. Scheduled RSM No 23613. A bowl barrow located on the crest of a ridge 260m WNW of Charles Head Farm. It comprises an oval mound of earth and stones up to 1.3m high with maximum dimensions of 14.5m by 13m. The barrow is crossed by a drystone wall, to the N of which is a central rectangular hollow and linear trench indicating unrecorded limited excavation (3). The Bronze Age bowl barrow was visible as an earthwork mound on 2010 Google Earth imagery and appears extant on the latest 2011 vertical photography. It was mapped as part of the Cheshire National Mapping Programme project (4-5).

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Source details : Ches Arch bull 4 1976 36 (P Wroe)
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Source details : Ches Sites and Mons Rec 1979 Macclesfield Dist
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Source details : English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 18/10/93
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Source details : Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SJ9778 08-APR-2011
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 10-OCT-2010 ACCESSED 12-JAN-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 : Bowl Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cheshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 5/AR 290 1
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 23613
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Cheshire)
External Cross Reference Number : MCH7054
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 97 NE 14
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2015-07-08
End Date : 2017-02-28

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 78169