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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lower Pexhill
Country: 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
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
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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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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SJ8771 : Fields of Pexhill by Peter Whatley
by Peter Whatley
©2012(licence)
SJ8771 : B5392 at Lower Pexhill by Colin Pyle
by Colin Pyle
©2014(licence)
SJ8771 : Pexhill Road/Dark Lane junction by Peter Turner
by Peter Turner
©2011(licence)
SJ8771 : Old post office, Lower Pexhill by Peter Whatley
by Peter Whatley
©2012(licence)
SJ8771 : Old Post Office, Pexhill by Peter Turner
by Peter Turner
©2011(licence)

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