Monument details
| HER Number: | 1627/1/1 |
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| Type of record: | Archaeology |
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| Name: | Bowl Barrow on Summit of Sponds Hill |
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Summary
The northern most of two Bronze Age bowl barrows on Sponds Hill. This small mound is 8m by 7.5m and up to 0.5m high. It has a trig pillar on its summit with slight erosion around. It is a Scheduled Monument.
Round barrows are a type of burial mound, particularly used in the Bronze Age. Mounds of earth and stone were placed over a burial or cremation. A single barrow could be re-used for several later burials.
| Parish: | LYME HANDLEY, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST |
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Monument Types
- BOWL BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 801 BC)
- MOUND (AD 20TH CENTURY - 1935 AD? to 1950 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 22571: Bowl Barrow On Summit Of Sponds Hill |
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Related records
| 1627/1/2 | Related to: Bowl barrow 50m South of Summit of Sponds Hill (Monument) |
| 1627/1/2 | Related to: Bowl barrow 50m South of Summit of Sponds Hill (Monument) |
| 1627/1/2 | Related to: Bowl barrow 50m South of Summit of Sponds Hill (Monument) |
| 1627/1/2 | Related to: Bowl barrow 50m South of Summit of Sponds Hill (Monument) |