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Bowl barrow 230m west-south-west of Birtles Hall

England
List entry 1007400
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007400
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 85640 74526
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 230m west-south-west of Birtles Hall is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Macclesfield in Cheshire. The barrow survives as a well-preserved earthwork mound characteristic of the Early Bronze Age period, likely dating to between the 22nd and 17th centuries BC. Such monuments typically contained inhumation or cremation burials and served as focal points for ritual and commemorative practices within prehistoric communities. The site's designation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the Cheshire landscape.

Bowl barrow 230m west-south-west of Birtles Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007400. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 230m west-south-west of Birtles Hall?

Bowl barrow 230m west-south-west of Birtles Hall is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Macclesfield in Cheshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007400.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 230m west-south-west of Birtles Hall?

Bowl barrow 230m west-south-west of Birtles Hall is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007400.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 230m west-south-west of Birtles Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 370m east-south-east of Bearhurst Farm (3 km), Standing cross base near the junction of Church Lane and Woodhouse Lane, 600m NNW of New Hall Farm (5.2 km), Two bowl barrows 390m and 320m south-south-west of Home Farm (5.4 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 370m east-south-east of Bearhurst Farm
3 km
Standing cross base near the junction of Church Lane and Woodhouse Lane, 600m NNW of New Hall Farm
5.2 km
Two bowl barrows 390m and 320m south-south-west of Home Farm
5.4 km
Bowl barrow 500m south-south-west of Home Farm
5.5 km
Cross in the churchyard of the Church of St James
5.9 km
Gawsworth Hall gardens
6 km
Churchyard cross at St James' and St Paul's Church
6.6 km
Bowl barrow 550m south-east of Jodrell Bank Farm
7.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 230m west-south-west of Birtles Hall

Bowl barrow 230m west-south-west of Birtles Hall stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 230m west-south-west of Birtles Hall

Battle of Nantwich 1644Battle (1644) · ~19 milesBattle of Winwick (also known as Battle of Red Bank) 1648Battle (1648) · ~20.3 miles
Domesday entry for Alderley, Cheshire →
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