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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Knightslow WoodCountry: England County: Cheshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Disley Nearest Village: Lyme
Map Ref: SJ964817 Landranger Map Number: 109
Latitude: 53.332199N Longitude: 2.055519W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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According to the County Sites and Monuments Record, Knights Low Wood in the care of the National Trust on the Lyme Estate, is a barrow hot spot, home to a number of Bronze Age mounds.
This third mound may be one of three possible barrows discussed by Marriott in his Antiquities of Lyme in 1810:‘3 small tumuli, just beyond the wall which forms the partition of the calf-croft from the Knight’s Low. These are not particularly striking, yet have character enough in them to warrant the supposition that they may be composed for small barrows or sepulchres.’
Access
The barrows in Knights Low Wood are very hard to distinguish and not really worth visiting specifically to try and find them. However, the walk through the woodland is very pleasant. It is best reached by parking on the roadside near the Bowstones at GR: SJ974813 and following the footpath (Gritstone Trail) down the hill and into the woods. This barrow can be found on the gently sloping valley side west of the path.
Known as the ‘Bowl Barrow in Knighslow Wood’ it was described in the 1988 barrow survey as being in poor condition, circa 12.5m by 10m by 0.3m high and located on the north slope of the valley side. However, a subsequent survey failed to locate it.
References
D.M.Longley “Prehistory” in C.R.Elrington (ed) “The Victoria History of the County of Chester, volume 1, Oxford University Press (1987)
J. Barnatt & J. Collis “Barrows in the Peak District – Recent Research”, J.R.Collis Publications (1996)
Rev. W. Marriott “Antiquities of Lyme” (1810)
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