Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Scheduled Monument
- List Entry Number:
- 1007631
- Date first listed:
- 30-May-1958
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 21-Feb-1994
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Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Delamere
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 56599 67081
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 some stock erosion to the monument's surface, the bowl barrow 30m
south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm survives reasonably well. It is a rare
survival in Cheshire of an unexcavated example of this class of monument and
will retain undisturbed archaeological deposits within the mound and upon the
old landsurface beneath.
Details
The monument is a bowl barrow located on the crest of a hillslope 30m
south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm. It includes a slightly oval earthen mound up
to 0.4m high with maximum dimensions of 18m by 16m. It was originally one of a
group of seven barrows known collectively as the Seven Lows. Of these only
five remain identifiable.
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:
- 23616
- Legacy System:
- RSM
Sources
Other
Capstick, B., FMW report, (1988)
Darvill,T., MPP Single Monument Class Description - Bowl Barrows, (1988)
Ordnance Survey Record Card reference No. SJ56NE4, Ordnance Survey, 2 Round Barrows and sites of 5 Round Barrows,
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.
End of official listing