Monument details
| HER Number: | 858 |
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| Type of record: | Archaeology |
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| Name: | High Billinge Bowl Barrow |
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Summary
High Billinge round barrow is a Scheduled Monument. It is 30 metres across and about 2 metres high. There are no visible remains of a ditch and there are trees on the top.
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: | UTKINTON, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER |
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Monument Types
- FUNERARY SITE (Burial site, Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 801 BC)
- MOUND (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 801 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 801 BC)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 23705: High Billinge Bowl Barrow |
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