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Gallowsclough Cob
Hob Uid: 71597
Location : Cheshire West and Chester Delamere and Oakmere
Grid Ref : SJ5700071340
Summary : Bowl barrow with a primary cremation and a secondary inhumation, surviving as an earthwork.
More information : [SJ 5700 7134] Gallowsclough Cob [TI] Tumulus [GT] (1) Round barrow at SJ 570713 on Gallowsclough Hill, excavated in 1960. It measured 45' 6" East/West diameter and 43' North/South, and was found to contain a primary cremation burial without urn below natural soil surface, in a position 7' S.S.W. of the true centre of the barrow as defined by the kerb. The barrow also contained an incomplete secondary burial, probably part lost by denudation by both natural erosion and ploughing. A turf covered round barrow of 24.0m diam., and 1.0m high. Published survey (25") correct. (3) Although now under the plough the barrow remains to a height of 1.0m. Published survey (1:2500) correct. (4) SJ 5700 7134. Gallowsclough Cob bowl barrow. Scheduled RSM No 22594. An oval-shaped earthen mound up to 0.8m high with max dimensions of 30m x 23m. (5) The feature was mapped from lidar imagery as part of the 'Cheshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping Project: the Chester environs' in 2019. The barrow is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery in northof the parish of Oakmere. The site is extant on the latest 2016 aerial photography. (6-7)

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Source details : OS 6" 1954
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Source details : Trans Lancashire Cheshire Antiq Soc 70 1960 74-83 photo plan sections (J. Forde-Johnston)
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Source details : English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 23/9/93
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Source details : LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 21-DEC-2016
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Source details : Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 19-JUL-2016
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Cremation
Evidence : Earthwork, Find

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Inhumation
Evidence : Find

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CH 73
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 22594
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 57 SE 2
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1960-01-01
End Date : 1960-12-31

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1964-06-15
End Date : 1964-06-15

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1976-02-23
End Date : 1976-02-23

Historic England Research Records

Gallowsclough Cob