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Gallowsclough Cob bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Cheshire, England. The monument consists of a characteristic bowl-shaped earthwork typical of Bronze Age funerary practice, when such mounds served as communal or individual burial sites across the British landscape. The barrow's survival into the modern period, despite the considerable landscape changes wrought by agriculture and development in the region, attests to its archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and ritual practice in Cheshire.
Gallowsclough Cob bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011121. View the official record →
Gallowsclough Cob bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Cheshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011121.
Gallowsclough Cob bowl barrow 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 1011121.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 70m east of Fishpool Lane Farm (4.3 km), Bowl barrow 30m south-west of Fishpool Lane Farm (4.3 km), Bowl barrow 120m south-east of Fishpool Lane Farm (4.3 km).
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Gallowsclough Cob bowl barrow stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.