Monument details
| HER Number: | 923 |
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| Type of record: | Archaeology |
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| Name: | Gallowsclough Cob Round Barrow |
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Summary
Gallowsclough Cob round barrow. It was excavated in the 1960's and a primary cremation burial of a young adult male was uncovered. There were no traces of an urn or grave goods. A secondary burial of an adult skeleton was also found but it was fragmentary, presumably lost by both natural erosion and ploughing. 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: | OAKMERE, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER |
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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)
- MOUND (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 801 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 801 BC)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 22594: Gallowsclough Cob Bowl Barrow |
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