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MONUMENT NO. 78454

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Bronze Age round cairn on a hilltop west of Hollingworth Moor, comprising a flat-topped mound of stones. The cairn has been mutilated on the top and south sides by erection of a trigonometrical column and a dry stone wall.

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A turf covered cairn was discovered at SJ 98879800 during
field investigation. It has been decapitated and its southern
limits destroyed.
Diameter 16.0 m, ht. 1.0 m.

A trig. pillar and a rough stone shelter have been built upon the
cairn.
A position sketch 1/2,500 Survey has been made. (1)

SJ 9887 9800. The cairn survives as a flat-topped mound of stones,
0.8m high with maximum dimensions of 19m by 18m. Scheduled RSM No.
23759. (2)

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( 1) Field Investigators Comments

F1 JHW 11-MAR-64

(2) General reference

English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 7/2/95

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