Monument details
| HER Number: | 1522 |
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| Type of record: | Archaeology |
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| Name: | The Bullstones |
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Summary
Site of Bronze Age cremation burial, found in a field at Clulow Cross. Investigated by Sainter and others pre 1878. The burial was of a child or young person. The urn was inverted and among the burnt bones was found a flint knife and a flint arrowhead. The burial was found about 3ft (0.9 metres) below ground surface and was surrounded by a stone circle, within which, off centre was a stone slab embedded on its edge. There is some indication that there was formerly a round barrow or cairn here. The site 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: | WINCLE, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST |
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Monument Types
- CREMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 801 BC)
- FUNERARY SITE (Burial site, Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 801 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 801 BC (?))
- STANDING STONE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 801 BC)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 22584: The Bullstones Bowl Barrow |
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