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Woodhouse End
Date Added: 10th Jun 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2020. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3
Woodhouse End submitted by PaulM on 30th Aug 2001. WOODHOUSE END BEAKER BARROW, GAWSWORTH, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE
NGR: SJ915695 (Landranger map 118)
Located close to the A523 Macclesfield to Leek road (and visible from the carpark of the Fools Nook pub) this beaker barrow was constructed in three phases. Excavations took place in the late 1960's but were delayed by the Foot and Mouth epidemic.
A primary burial was discovered in a pit with subsidiary ones closer to the edge. A large number of pot sherds and flints were also discovered th...
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Log Text: Nothing much worth viewing from the road.
Macclesfield Forest
Date Added: 11th Jun 2020
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2020
Log Text: To my knowledge this listing does not exist.
There are a lot of dry stone walls in the area, but the info in this listing gives no clue as to where to look.
Macclesfield Common II
Date Added: 11th Jun 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cessbank Common
Date Added: 15th Jun 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2019. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Cessbank Common submitted by vicky on 17th Jul 2002. A supposed barrow on Cess Bank Common near Wincle at GR: SJ958681, partially quarried and later reused as a dog's grave.
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