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<< Our Photo Pages >> Nab Head (Cheshire) - Round Barrow(s) in England in Cheshire

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 22 July 2002  Page Views: 11514

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Nab Head (Cheshire)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.392 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Cheshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Macclesfield  Nearest Village: Bollington
Map Ref: SJ940788  Landranger Map Number: 118
Latitude: 53.306109N  Longitude: 2.091502W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Nab Head (Cheshire)
Nab Head (Cheshire) submitted by PaulM : NAB HEAD ROUND BARROW NGR: SJ94017884 (Landranger map 118) Located on top of Nab Head (hence the trig point) overlooking the east Cheshire town of Bollington. The now vandalised barrow has 360 degree views across the Cheshire Plain to the Berwyn and Clwydian Hills, across south Manchester to Lancashire and east to the foothills of the Pennines taking in Windgather Rocks, Macclesfield Forest... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow in Cheshire

The barrow is situated in a prominent position on the top of Nab Head (hence the trig point) overlooking the east Cheshire town of Bollington. The now vandalised barrow has 360 degree views across the Cheshire Plain to the Berwyn and Clwydian Hills, across south Manchester to Lancashire and east to the foothills of the Pennines taking in Windgather Rocks, Macclesfield Forest and Croker Hill. A visit is highly recommended.

As for the mound itself, although scheduled it has been damaged by stone quarrying and the erection of an Ordnance Survey trig point. In 1960 it was said to be 40 feet in diameter with an external ditch 90 feet in diameter and one foot deep, but by 1964 all traces of this had vanished.

Access

Nab Head is easy to reach as access to the summit has been formalised recently. As a result the public right of way is only marked on the ‘new’ Explorer series OS map (number 268).

There is only one way to get to the barrow. If you are driving parking is available on Cockshead Hey Road (off Shrigley Road at the Bollington end). The path can be followed through Cockshead Hey Farm (it is sign-posted and there are a couple of stiles) up the slope for 600m until you reach the stone pillar that marks the high point of the hill. The damaged barrow surrounds the pillar.

D.M.Longley “Prehistory” in C.R.Elrington (ed) “The Victoria History of the County of Chester, volume 1, Oxford University Press (1987)

Cheshire County Sites and Monuments Record
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Nab Head (Cheshire)
Nab Head (Cheshire) submitted by postman : Big scoop taken out of one side. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nab Head (Cheshire)
Nab Head (Cheshire) submitted by Postman : Zoomed upon from Sponds hill (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nab Head (Cheshire)
Nab Head (Cheshire) submitted by postman : A good barrow with terrific views, so long as you keep the eyes from settling over Macclesfield, sorry Macc. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nab Head (Cheshire)
Nab Head (Cheshire) submitted by postman : Trig pointed Nabs head barrow (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SJ9478 : Trig point on the top of Nab Hill by Andrew Huggett
by Andrew Huggett
©2014(licence)
SJ9378 : Pathway towards Nab Hill by Andrew Huggett
by Andrew Huggett
©2014(licence)
SJ9478 : Trig point on Nab Head, Bollington by Colin Park
by Colin Park
©2020(licence)
SJ9378 : Wintry trees by Clive Giddis
by Clive Giddis
©2013(licence)
SJ9478 : Scarecrow in garden area, Cockshead Hey Farm by Philip Cornwall
by Philip Cornwall
©2021(licence)

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