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Round cairn on Reed Hill is a prehistoric burial mound located in Cheshire, England. The monument consists of a circular cairn of stone, characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice, dating to the second millennium BCE. The site represents an important example of the burial traditions practised during the Bronze Age in the north-west of England, when such monuments served as focal points for ritual and commemoration of the dead. The cairn survives as an upstanding earthwork and stone feature, contributing to the archaeological record of Cheshire's prehistoric landscape.
Round cairn on Reed Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011161. View the official record →
Round cairn on Reed Hill is a prehistoric burial mound located in Cheshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011161.
Round cairn on Reed Hill 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 1011161.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow at Charles Head (1.1 km), Bowl barrow 160m south of Blue Boar Farm (3.5 km), Bowl barrow 100m west of Black Rock Farm (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn on Reed Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Round cairn on Reed Hill stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.