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<< Our Photo Pages >> Armada Beacon - Round Barrow(s) in England in Cheshire

Submitted by vicky on Tuesday, 23 July 2002  Page Views: 12378

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Armada Beacon
Country: England County: Cheshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Wilmslow  Nearest Village: Alderley Edge
Map Ref: SJ858777  Landranger Map Number: 118
Latitude: 53.296063N  Longitude: 2.214507W
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.
3 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.
4 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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Armada Beacon
Armada Beacon submitted by Vicky : Bronze Age Barrow, ‘The Armada Beacon’, Alderley Edge, Cheshire GR: SJ859776 Scheduled as an Ancient Monument earlier this year, this mound at Alderley Edge in Cheshire is not only the site of an Armada Beacon (erected in 1578), but is also a Bronze Age barrow. Several prominent points on the Edge are marked by mounds and circular banks, and some of these could also be Bronze Age burial... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow in Cheshire

Alderley Edge itself has a number of interesting features. Clues to its prehistoric past may lie in some of the place names such as Findlow Wood and Brindlow Wood, indicating the presence of ancient barrows. Particularly of interest is this mound on which the Armada Beacon was erected circa 1578. The subject of much debate by antiquarians, it has now been scheduled as a Bronze Age barrow.

Elsewhere on the Edge several ‘earth circles’ have been reported. It is unclear at present whether these are ancient barrows or the result of more recent landscaping activities by the landowners, perhaps tree rings. The following was written on them by C.Roeder in the TLCAS in 1901:

‘Then close to the Engine Vein, on its southern side, we have the distinct ramparts of an earthen circle or entrenchment, twelve yards in diameter, known popularly as the “Seven Firs”; another one, in proximity, six yards across; not far away on its northern side another one, seven and a half yards across and two feet high; near the Golden Stone, north-west of the Edge Farm in Dickens Wood, we distinguish another fine example in good preservation, sixteen yards in diameter; another at Windmill Wood; and south-east of the Wizard, in a field a little way from the Macclesfield Road, we encounter a much larger earthen circle, thirty yards in diameter and four feet six inches high in one place, which is also marked on the recent six-inch ordnance map.’

Shortly afterwards in 1904 the circle near Macclesfield road was ‘levelled for agricultural requirements’ but before its destruction Roeder and Graves had the site examined. Trenches were made in the centre at right angles, but nothing was found apart from the composition of the circle: ‘We came first on a light soil, then stony clay, and below 4 feet sandy coarse loam. We were here on the original ground, and so abstained from further useless attempts.’ .

Access

Park in the main National Trust car park at GR: SJ860773 and follow the footpath through the woods past the Engine Vein mine.

References

Cheshire County Sites and Monuments Record

W. Shone “Prehistoric Man in Cheshire” (1911)

C.Roeder and F.S. Graves “Recent Archaeological Discoveries at Alderley Edge”, TLCAS
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Armada Beacon
Armada Beacon submitted by TimPrevett : Viewed from the west, the Armada Beacon, which is also a bronze age burial mound - though there is nothing there to tell the steady stream of bank holiday tourists such information. A lovely area, and if you know where to find them (after 10 years of visiting, I do at last), many items of interest at Alderley Edge. See main entries. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SJ8577 : Armada Beacon by K  A
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SJ8577 : Where there's a will there's a way by K  A
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SJ8577 : The Beacon on Alderley Edge by Mike Pennington
by Mike Pennington
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SJ8577 : Alderley Edge service reservoir by Stephen Craven
by Stephen Craven
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SJ8577 : Arched fallen tree by Stephen Craven
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 100m N 360° Wizard's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SJ858778)
 188m NNE 32° Holy Well (Alderley Edge)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SJ85907786)
 199m E 90° Wishing Well (Alderley Edge)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SJ860777)
 304m ENE 67° Wizard's Cave Cave or Rock Shelter (SJ86087782)
 315m ESE 108° Golden Stone (Alderley Edge)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SJ861776)
 315m ESE 108° Engine Vein, Alderley Edge Copper Mines* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry (SJ861776)
 324m NE 56° Druidical Circle* Modern Stone Circle etc (SJ86077788)
 439m NNE 30° Findlow Marker Stone (SJ86027808)
 986m SSE 160° Great Merestone Marker Stone (SJ86137677)
 1.7km ENE 66° Mottram St Andrew Mines Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry (SJ874784)
 3.2km S 183° Birtles Hall Round Barrow(s) (SJ856745)
 4.1km SSW 203° Sodger's Hump* Round Barrow(s) (SJ842739)
 4.3km E 100° St Peter (Prestbury)* Ancient Cross (SJ9008676910)
 4.7km ESE 123° Prestbury Road (Macclesfield)* Ancient Cross (SJ89727511)
 4.7km ENE 65° Adlington Hall pre-Norman cross* Ancient Cross (SJ901797)
 4.9km E 83° Bonis Hall Lane* Round Barrow(s) (SJ907783)
 4.9km E 82° Butley Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SJ9072278334)
 5.0km SSW 197° Capesthorne Hall (NE)* Round Barrow(s) (SJ843729)
 5.1km SSW 203° Capesthorne Hall (NW) Round Barrow(s) (SJ838730)
 5.2km E 87° Butley Stone Circle (SJ9178)
 5.3km SSW 194° Capesthorne Hall (SE)* Round Barrow(s) (SJ845726)
 5.3km WNW 295° Lindow* Ancient Trackway (SJ810800)
 5.7km SSE 149° New Farm, Henbury* Stone Circle (SJ887728)
 5.9km SSE 164° Bearhurst Farm* Round Barrow(s) (SJ874720)
 5.9km ESE 123° Macclesfield Cemetery* Round Barrow(s) (SJ908745)
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Re: Armada Beacon by coldrum on Tuesday, 04 September 2012
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Re: Armada Beacon by coldrum on Saturday, 08 August 2009
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