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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lower PexhillCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.7 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cheshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Macclesfield Nearest Village: Henbury
Map Ref: SJ872713 Landranger Map Number: 118
Latitude: 53.238572N Longitude: 2.193242W
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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 |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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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Round Barrows in Cheshire
Henbury once boasted a number of prehistoric tumuli, but today only one at Bearhurst Farm survives. Three other mounds originally stood at south of Lower Pexhill but were destroyed due to mineral extraction. One was excavated in 1967 by D. Bethell revealing five cremations and a horizontal plank of carbonised wood at the centre.
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)
G. Rowley “Macclesfield in Prehistory” (1982)
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