Bowl barrow 120m north-east of Rose Farm

Overview

Heritage Category: Scheduled Monument

List Entry Number: 1007389

Date first listed: 06-Aug-1974

Date of most recent amendment: 13-Sep-1993

Location

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

National Grid Reference: SJ 45275 55265

Summary

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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 limited antiquarian investigation, the bowl barrow 120m north-east of Rose Farm survives reasonably well. This investigation located human remains, and further evidence of interments and grave goods will exist within the mound and upon the old landsurface beneath.

History

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Details

The monument is a bowl barrow located on flat land 120m north-east of Rose Farm. It includes a flat-topped mound of red sand 32m in diameter and up to 2.5m high. Surrounding the barrow is a ditch 7m wide and 0.5m deep. Limited antiquarian investigation of the barrow located 'articles of some sort' including layers of bones. A telegraph pole on the monument's southern side is excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath the telegraph pole is included.

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.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number: 22588

Legacy System: RSM

Sources

Books and journals
Longley, D, The Victoria History of the County, (1987), 82
Watkin, W T, Roman Cheshire, (1886), 314
Ormerod, G, 'History of Cheshire' in History of Cheshire, , Vol. 2, (1882), 371
Other
Darvill,T., MPP Single Monument Class Description - Bowl Barrows, (1988)
Ref. No. SJ45NE1, Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Card, (1976)
SMR No. 1824, Cheshire SMR, Mound 260 yards North East of Rose Farm, (1988)
To Fergusson,A.J. (Cheshire FW), Previous tenant,
To SMR, Turner, R (County Archaeologist), (1987)

Legal

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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.