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List entry Summary

This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Name: Bowl barrow 370m east-south-east of Bearhurst Farm

List entry Number: 1007384

Location

The monument may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County	District	District Type	Parish
	Cheshire East	Unitary Authority	Henbury

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: Not applicable to this List entry.

Date first scheduled: 19-Oct-1993

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

Legacy System Information

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System: RSM

UID: 22583

Asset Groupings

This list entry does not comprise part of an Asset Grouping. Asset Groupings are not part of the official record but are added later for information.

List entry Description

Summary of Monument

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Reasons for Designation

Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar, although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form and a diversity of burial practices. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring across most of lowland Britain. Often occupying prominent locations, they are a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of protection.

Despite limited excavation of this monument, the bowl barrow 370m east-south-east of Bearhurst Farm survives reasonably well. This excavation located human remains, pottery and flint, and further evidence of interments and grave goods will exist within the mound and upon the old landsurface beneath.

History

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Details

The monument is a bowl barrow located at the end of a low spur of higher ground 370m east-south-east of Bearhurst Farm. It includes a flat-topped circular mound of sand and earth 17m in diameter and up to 1.3m high. Limited excavation of the barrow undertaken during the 1960's located a cremation in a collared urn covered by a round based vessel. The cinerary urn stood in an ash-filled cremation pit. Additionally over 160 flint fragments were also found including a leaf-shaped arrowhead and many triangular points. A fence surrounding the perimeter of the barrow is excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath the fence is included.

MAP EXTRACT The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.

Selected Sources

1. Book  Reference - Author: Bethall, D. & Rowley, G. - Title: Henbury, (Macclesfield, Cheshire SJ 874720) - EBA Barrow - Page References: 10 - Type: EXCAVATION RECORDS - Description: Correspondence and outline report
2. Other  Reference - Author: Cheshire SMR - Date: 1988 - Type: SMR - Description: SMR No. 1369
3. Book  Reference - Author: Darvill, T - Title: MPP Single Monument Class Descriptions - Bowl Barrows - Date: 1988 - Page References: 7 - Type: DESC TEXT

National Grid Reference: SJ 87372 72029

Map

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