Two bowl barrows 390m and 320m south-south-west of Home Farm

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History & significance

These bowl barrows are Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monuments located in the landscape south-south-west of Home Farm in Cheshire. Bowl barrows represent one of the most common forms of prehistoric burial mound in Britain, typically comprising a circular earthen mound raised over a central grave or cremation deposit. The two examples at this location, positioned approximately 390 metres and 320 metres from the farm, survive as earthwork features within the wider pattern of prehistoric monument distribution across the Cheshire plain. Such barrows generally date from the Neolithic period through to the Bronze Age, spanning broadly from around 4000 to 1200 BC, and their preservation indicates continuity of ritual practice and landscape use across these millennia.

Two bowl barrows 390m and 320m south-south-west of Home Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007387. View the official record →

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