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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bartomley FarmCountry: England
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County: Cheshire Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Leek Nearest Village: Swythamley
Map Ref: SJ964656 Landranger Map Number: 118
Latitude: 53.187479N Longitude: 2.055331W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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Long Barrow in Cheshire
According to local prehistorian Gordon Rowley, this site at Bartomley Farm near Wincle could be the remains of a possible long barrow.
A natural spur of rock forms part of the mound, but the area around it has been adapted to form a long barrow. Some years ago a flint blade was found half a metre down in the eastern side.
A round barrow also lies somewhere near to the farm where antiquarians reported that 'gold rings, chains, fibulae etc' were unearthed.
Access
Follow the footpath which leads from the back of the Ship Inn in Wincle across the field (passing by a hill which looks remarkably like a miniature Silbury) through the trees down over the river and back up. Once you have crossed the stile at the top, the mound can be seen to the right in the field just before the house.
References
G. Rowley “Macclesfield in Prehistory” (1982)
Dr J.D.Sainter. “The Jottings of Some Geological, Archaeological, Botanical, Ornithological, and Zoological Rambles Round Macclesfield”, Swinnerton and Brown Printers, Macclesfield (1878)
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