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<< Text Pages >> Robin Hoods Butts - Round Barrow(s) in England in Cheshire

Submitted by vicky on Tuesday, 23 July 2002  Page Views: 6233

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Robin Hoods Butts
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.641 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cheshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Northwich  Nearest Village: Great Budworth
Map Ref: SJ662778  Landranger Map Number: 118
Latitude: 53.296070N  Longitude: 2.508571W
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
 Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data 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.
 no data 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
 3

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Round Barrow in Cheshire

Very little is known about this barrow, but an unknown author in a reference in the Bodlean Library records that circa 1661 the tumulus of Robin Hoods Butts contained ‘the armes of a man in an upright posture’.

References:
  • Cheshire County Sites and Monuments Record
  • D.M.Longley “Prehistory” in C.R.Elrington (ed) “The Victoria History of the County of Chester, volume 1, Oxford University Press (1987)
  • Ashmole Mss. No.854, Fo.322 Bodleian Library (unknown author)

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Robin Hoods Butts 2
Robin Hoods Butts 2 submitted by johndhunter : Barrow at NZ 70584 11560 – Viewed looking westerly, January 2022 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Robin Hoods Butts 3
Robin Hoods Butts 3 submitted by johndhunter : Enclosed Bronze Age Urnfield at NZ 71031 11419 - Centred 20m to the south east of the barrow at NZ 71024 11434. Viewed looking East, September 2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Robin Hoods Butts 3
Robin Hoods Butts 3 submitted by johndhunter : Round Barrow at NZ 71024 11434 one of four known as Robin Hood Butts - Again not easy to make out with a 2 dimensional camera, so I have outlined it in yellow, the walking stick is in the centre of the barrow. Its actually quite pronounced to the naked eye at the location. Viewed looking west October 2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Robin Hoods Butts 3
Robin Hoods Butts 3 submitted by johndhunter : Round Barrow at NZ 71024 11434 one of four known as Robin Hood Butts. - Not easy to make out with a 2 dimensional camera, so I have outlined it in yellow, the walking stick is in the centre of the barrow. Its actually quite pronounced to the naked eye at the location. Viewed looking north October 2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Robin Hoods Butts 1
Robin Hoods Butts 1 submitted by johndhunter : Round Barrow at NZ 71212 11406 one of four known as Robin Hoods Butts - low lying and pretty nondescript, looking not much different from the rest of the undulating ground in this area. Its blending in with the rest of the vegetation so I have outlined it with the yellow oval. Whilst nondescript in itself it is also believed not to have been excavated. So who knows maybe there is something worthw... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Robin Hoods Butts 1
Robin Hoods Butts 1 submitted by johndhunter : Round Barrow at NZ 71212 11406 one of four known as Robin Hoods Butts – Very low lying and hardly worth bothering with a photograph as its hard to make out with a 2 dimensional camera. Still for what its worth hear it is outlined by the yellow oval with the walking stick in its centre . Viewed looking southerly, October 2017

Robin Hoods Butts 2
Robin Hoods Butts 2 submitted by johndhunter : RB on Gerrick Moor , one of four in this area known as Robin Hoods Butts This the most northly one at NZ 70583 11560 viewed looking northerly. Photo taken January 2015

Robin Hoods Butts Howe
Robin Hoods Butts Howe submitted by Oldeyes : Robin Hood Butts Taken 20/12/15 Photo of the eastern barrow at NZ 7140 1140

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Re: Robin Hoods Butts by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 25 November 2003
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There are also 2 barrows of this name in Shropshire, on the Long Mynd SO431966; I believe they are ploughed out to a degree, with one being interescted by a possible prehistoric field boundary.
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