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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 120m south-east of Fishpool Lane Farm

List entry Number: 1007637

Location

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

County	District	District Type	Parish
	Cheshire West and Chester	Unitary Authority	Delamere

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: Not applicable to this List entry.

Date first scheduled: 30-May-1958

Date of most recent amendment: 21-Feb-1994

Legacy System Information

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

Legacy System: RSM

UID: 23650

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 surface erosion of the monument's centre, the bowl barrow 120m south-east of Fishpool Lane Farm survives reasonably well. It is a rare survival in Cheshire of an unexcavated example of this class of monument and will retain undisturbed archaeological deposits within the mound and upon the old landsurface beneath.

History

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Details

The monument is a bowl barrow located 120m south-east of Fishpool Lane Farm. It includes an earthen mound measuring 20m in diameter and up to 1m high with an erosion hollow approximately 2m in diameter at the centre. It was originally one of a group of seven barrows known collectively as the Seven Lows. Of these only five remain identifiable. A telegraph pole located on the barrow's eastern side is excluded from the scheduling, but the ground beneath is included.

MAP EXTRACT The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract. It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features, considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

Selected Sources

1. Book  Reference - Author: Capstick, B. - Title: Round Barrows at Seven Lows - Date: 1986 - Type: DESC TEXT - Description: FMW Report
2. Other  Reference - Author: Cheshire SMR - Title: Seven Lows - Date: 1988 - Type: SMR - Description: SMR No. 840/1/5
3. Book  Reference - Author: Darvill, T - Title: MPP Single Monument Class Descriptions - Bowl Barrows - Date: 1988 - Page References: 7 - Type: DESC TEXT
4. Book  Reference - Author: Longley,D. - Title: Victoria County History: Chester I - Date: 1987 - Volume: 1 - Page References: 83 - Type: DESC TEXT
5. Other  Reference - Author: Ordnance Survey - Title: Seven Lows - 2 Round barrows and sites of 5 round barrows - Type: DESC TEXT - Description: Ref No. SJ 56 NE 4
6. Book  Reference - Author: Ormerod,G. - Title: History of Cheshire - Date: 1882 - Journal Title: History of Cheshire - Volume: 2 - Page References: 2 - Type: DESC TEXT

National Grid Reference: SJ 56717 67028

Map

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