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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 50m south of Jodrell Bank Farm

List entry Number: 1007639

Location

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

County	District	District Type	Parish
	Cheshire East	Unitary Authority	Goostrey

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: Not applicable to this List entry.

Date first scheduled: 25-Jan-1994

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: 23654

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 some spreading of this monument by ploughing, the bowl barrow 50m south of Jodrell Bank Farm survives reasonably well. This ploughing revealed human cremations in the upper part of the mound, and further evidence of inhumations will exist within the barrow and upon the old landsurface beneath.

History

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Details

The monument is a bowl barrow located on flat land 50m south of Jodrell Bank Farm. It includes an oval earthen mound measuring up to 1.3m high with maximum dimensions of 58m east-west by 40m north-south. In 1977 cremations were exposed during ploughing across the mound.

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: Cheshire SMR - Title: Jodrell Bank Barrow Cemetery - Date: 1988 - Type: SMR - Description: SMR No. 1037/1/2
2. Book  Reference - Author: Darvill, T - Title: MPP Single Monument Class Descriptions - Bowl Barrows - Date: 1988 - Page References: 7 - Type: DESC TEXT
3. Book  Reference - Author: Longley,D. - Title: Prehistoric Sites in Cheshire - Date: 1977 - Page References: 30 - Type: DESC TEXT
4. Other  Reference - Author: Ordnance Survey - Date: 1964 - Type: DESC TEXT - Description: Ref No. SJ 77 SE

National Grid Reference: SJ 79389 70299

Map

This copy shows the entry on 23-May-2013 at 06:50:22.