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<< Our Photo Pages >> Woodhouse End - Round Barrow(s) in England in Cheshire

Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 06 March 2003  Page Views: 5374

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Woodhouse End
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.132 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cheshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Macclesfield  Nearest Village: Gawsworth
Map Ref: SJ915696  Landranger Map Number: 118
Latitude: 53.223378N  Longitude: 2.128769W
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.
 2 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.
 5 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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Woodhouse End
Woodhouse End submitted by PaulM : WOODHOUSE END BEAKER BARROW, GAWSWORTH, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE NGR: SJ915695 (Landranger map 118) Located close to the A523 Macclesfield to Leek road (and visible from the carpark of the Fools Nook pub) this beaker barrow was constructed in three phases. Excavations took place in the late 1960's but were delayed by the Foot and Mouth epidemic. A primary burial was discovered in a pit with ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow in Cheshire.

Cheshire's only surviving Beaker barrow located above the Macclesfield to Leek road at Oakgrove.

Note: Please note the barrow is located on private land but can be easily viewed from the nearby road.
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Woodhouse End
Woodhouse End submitted by vicky : Andrew Appleby of Applepot on Orkney using ancient techniques to decorate a replica beaker. The original was unearthed during excavations in the 1970s at Woodhouse End in Gawsworth near Macclesfield. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Woodhouse End Beaker
Woodhouse End Beaker submitted by rlyfkq : The Woodhouse End Bronze Age Beaker with its remarkable decorative patterns. Now to be found in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Woodhouse End submitted by postman : Run for it he's coming this way !! (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Woodhouse End submitted by postman : Sans sheep (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Woodhouse End submitted by postman : Looking approx south (Vote or comment on this photo)

Woodhouse End
Woodhouse End submitted by postman : From Old Leek road near Gawsworth henge.

Woodhouse End
Woodhouse End submitted by vicky : Andrew Appleby of Applepot on Orkney using ancient techniques to mold a replica long-necked Beaker. The original was unearthed during excavations in the 1970s at Woodhouse End in Gawsworth near Macclesfield.

Woodhouse End
Woodhouse End submitted by vicky : Andrew Appleby of Applepot on Orkney using ancient techniques to re-create the patterns on a replica beaker. The original was unearthed during excavations in the 1970s at Woodhouse End in Gawsworth near Macclesfield.

Woodhouse End
Woodhouse End submitted by vicky : A replica of the Beaker found at Woodhouse End, near Gawsworth in Macclesfield, made by Applepot on Orkney.

Woodhouse End
Woodhouse End submitted by vicky : The Beaker Barrow at Woodhouse End in Gawsworth near Macclesfield (the bump in the middle with the telegraph pole growing out of it!), used earlier this century as a dug out by the Home Guard. In prehistoric times it overlooked a lake, the site of which can be seen at the bottom of the photograph (1 comment)

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 4.2km NW 319° New Farm, Henbury* Stone Circle (SJ887728)
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 4.4km SE 145° Bosley Minn 2 & 3* Standing Stones (SJ940660)
 4.4km NNE 33° Macclesfield Common II Round Barrow(s) (SJ939733)
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 4.6km ESE 119° Longgutter* Round Barrow(s) (SJ955674)
 4.6km WNW 292° Lower Pexhill Round Barrow(s) (SJ872713)
 4.6km N 355° West Park Crosses* Ancient Cross (SJ911742)
 4.7km WNW 300° Bearhurst Farm* Round Barrow(s) (SJ874720)
 4.9km N 352° Macclesfield Cemetery* Round Barrow(s) (SJ908745)
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