<< Our Photo Pages >> Robin Hood's Tump - Round Barrow(s) in England in Cheshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Robin Hood's TumpCountry: England County: Cheshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Nantwich Nearest Village: Alpraham
Map Ref: SJ575599 Landranger Map Number: 117
Latitude: 53.134552N Longitude: 2.636701W
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 |
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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 |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Robin Hood's Tump SJ575599 - the remains of a bowl or round barrow (National Monuments Record gives it as a bowl barrow), over a possible settlement, not far off the A51 near Tilstone Fearnall. The access was surprisingly good - on a very wide corner, giving plenty of space for unobtrustive parking. Largely unremarkable, given no burials have been found here, but as I have spent longer, and searched harder trying to find much less, this was a rewarding bump to find! Given the heavy tree covering, late autumn / winter is best for a visit - but mind the brambles - I got very well scratched even through trousers! The mound is also topped by a "Ministry of Works" sign, denoting it as a scheduled ancient monument, and it is partitioned off well from adjoining fields, so it should be afforded protection for a long, long time.
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