Name
Remains
Location
Date
Notes
Abbey Green cultivation marks
Excavation
Chester
53°11′36″N 2°53′28″W / 53.1933°N 2.8910°W / 53.1933; -2.8910 (Abbey Green )
Iron Age
Excavations in 1975–77 revealed striations in the
sandstone
bedrock indicating pre-Roman cultivation of the area.
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[4]
Baddiley village
Foundations
Baddiley
53°02′59″N 2°35′11″W / 53.0497°N 2.5863°W / 53.0497; -2.5863 (Baddiley village )
Late
Saxon and Medieval
There is evidence of house platforms and enclosures which indicate a
deserted village .
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[6]
[7]
Bartomley mound
Cairn
Wincle
53°11′18″N 2°03′17″W / 53.1882°N 2.0546°W / 53.1882; -2.0546 (Bartomley mound )
Late
Bronze Age
A
round barrow which consists of a mound which is partly bedrock. The edges of it have been ploughed and two pits dug into it.
[8]
[9]
Bearhurst barrow
Earthworks
Henbury
53°14′44″N 2°11′28″W / 53.2455°N 2.1912°W / 53.2455; -2.1912 (Bearhurst barrow )
Bronze Age
A round barrow 50 feet (15 m) across and 6 feet (2 m) high. An excavation in 1965–66 revealed
flints , pottery
sherds and two
urns , one of which contained a
cremation .
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[11]
[12]
Beeston Castle hillfort
Earthworks
Beeston
53°07′41″N 2°41′31″W / 53.1280°N 2.6919°W / 53.1280; -2.6919 (Beeston Castle )
Late Bronze Age to late Iron Age
A hillfort on a prominent rocky outcrop. The site is now occupied by a ruined medieval castle which has obliterated the signs of earlier occupation.
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[14]
[15]
Bent Farm Roman Camp
Earthworks
Newbold Astbury
53°09′18″N 2°14′39″W / 53.1549°N 2.2442°W / 53.1549; -2.2442 (Bent Farm Roman Camp )
Roman
Earthworks were identified in 1725 as a Roman temporary camp but largely destroyed in 1744. Further investigations carried out in 1967.
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[17]
[18]
Birch Hill
Cropmarks
Manley
53°15′36″N 2°42′46″W / 53.2600°N 2.7129°W / 53.2600; -2.7129 (Birch Hill )
Roman
A temporary Roman camp which was identified from cropmarks in 1994 by
aerial reconnaissance ; no upstanding remains.
[19]
[20]
[21]
Birtles Hall barrow
Earthworks
Over Alderley
53°16′05″N 2°13′08″W / 53.2680°N 2.2190°W / 53.2680; -2.2190 (Birtles Hall barrow )
Bronze Age
A slightly oval (20m x 19m) round barrow consisting of a mound on top of a natural rise.
[22]
[23]
[24]
Blackrock Farm barrow
Earthwork
Ginclough,
Rainow
53°17′11″N 2°03′49″W / 53.2865°N 2.0635°W / 53.2865; -2.0635 (Blackrock Farm barrow )
Bronze Age
A turf-covered round barrow 22.5m in diameter and 1.6m high.
[25]
[26]
[27]
Blue Boar Farm barrow
Earthworks
Rainow
53°17′04″N 2°02′43″W / 53.2844°N 2.0453°W / 53.2844; -2.0453 (Blue Boar Farm barrow )
Bronze Age
A round barrow, described in 1878 as a conical tumulus. It is now an oval (31.5m x 29m) mound of earth and stones up to 2m high.
[28]
[29]
[30]
Bowstones
Standing stones
Lyme Handley
53°19′43″N 2°02′26″W / 53.3287°N 2.0406°W / 53.3287; -2.0406 (Bowstones )
Late Saxon
Two
cross staffs set in a massive stone base. Each has traces of carved interlaced ornament. Carved initials have been added, probably in the Medieval period.
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[32]
[33]
Bradley Hillfort
Earthworks
Kingsley
53°17′10″N 2°41′33″W / 53.2861°N 2.6926°W / 53.2861; -2.6926 (Bradley Hillfort )
Iron Age
The smallest promontory
hillfort in the county. It has natural defences only to the north; the other defences have been damaged by ploughing.
[34]
[35]
[36]
The Bridestones
Stone structure
Congleton
53°09′23″N 2°08′23″W / 53.1565°N 2.1398°W / 53.1565; -2.1398 (The Bridestones )
Neolithic
The only known Neolithic tomb in the county, formerly a chambered
long cairn . Much of its fabric was removed in the mid-18th century to build a road. It now consists of a chamber enclosed by large stone slabs.
[37]
[38]
[39]
Brink Farm barrow
Earthworks
Rainow
53°18′32″N 2°02′40″W / 53.3089°N 2.0445°W / 53.3089; -2.0445 (Brink Farm barrow )
Bronze Age
A bowl-shaped round barrow consisting of a mound near the top of a
knoll .
[40]
[41]
Bullstones
Earthwork with upright stone
Wincle
53°12′19″N 2°04′24″W / 53.2052°N 2.0732°W / 53.2052; -2.0732 (Bullstones )
Bronze Age
A cremation burial site in which the bones of a child or young person were found 3 feet (1 m) below the surface surrounded by a stone circle 20 feet (6 m) in diameter. Inside the circle was an upright stone slab, which is still present.
[42]
[43]
[44]
Burton Point
Earthworks
Neston
53°15′17″N 3°02′46″W / 53.2548°N 3.0460°W / 53.2548; -3.0460 (Burton Point )
Iron Age
A promontory fort consisting of earthworks in an arc protecting a former headland overlooking the
River Dee .
[45]
[46]
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[48]
Capesthorne Hall barrow (south)
Earthworks
Siddington
53°14′58″N 2°14′01″W / 53.2495°N 2.2336°W / 53.2495; -2.2336 (Capesthorne Hall barrow (south) )
Bronze Age
A round barrow on a high point in woodland.
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[50]
[51]
Capesthorne Hall barrow (north)
Earthworks
Siddington
53°15′10″N 2°14′11″W / 53.2529°N 2.2365°W / 53.2529; -2.2365 (Capesthorne Hall barrow (north) )
Bronze Age
A round barrow on the summit of a knoll. (The ornamental stone
pedestal on its top is not part of the schedule.)
[52]
[53]
[54]
Carden Park barrow
Earthworks
Carden
53°04′31″N 2°48′03″W / 53.0753°N 2.8007°W / 53.0753; -2.8007 (Carden Park barrow )
Bronze Age
An oval (32m x 25m)
bowl barrow of sand and earth on a saddle of higher ground (now in a golf course).
[55]
[56]
[57]
Charles Head barrow
Earthworks
Rainow
53°18′18″N 2°02′12″W / 53.3051°N 2.0367°W / 53.3051; -2.0367 (Charles Head barrow )
Bronze Age
A round barrow on the crest of a ridge, now crossed by a
drystone wall.
[58]
[59]
[60]
Chester Roman Amphitheatre
Earthworks
Chester
53°11′21″N 2°53′14″W / 53.1893°N 2.8871°W / 53.1893; -2.8871 (Chester Roman Amphitheatre )
Roman
Originally in wood, later in stone. The northern half has been excavated.
[61]
[62]
Chester city walls
City walls
Chester
53°11′32″N 2°53′21″W / 53.1923°N 2.8891°W / 53.1923; -2.8891 (Chester city walls )
Roman and
medieval
An almost complete circuit of red sandstone walls round the city. The north and east walls follow Roman foundations and contain fabric from that era.
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[64]
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[66]
Cleulow cross
Standing stone
Wincle
53°12′14″N 2°04′25″W / 53.2038°N 2.0735°W / 53.2038; -2.0735 (Cleulow cross )
Early Medieval/
Dark Age
A
gritstone pillar in a socket stone on a mound. The shaft is round and has the remains of a small wheelhead cross on the top.
[67]
[68]
[69] In
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen , a work for children by
Alan Garner , Cleulow Cross is the location of the finale of the story.
Coddington barrow
Earthworks
Coddington
53°05′31″N 2°49′07″W / 53.0919°N 2.8187°W / 53.0919; -2.8187 (Coddington barrow )
Bronze Age
A tree-covered mound of red sand with a surrounding ditch, scheduled as a bowl barrow.
[70]
[71]
Disley churchyard cross
Stone
Disley
53°21′27″N 2°02′23″W / 53.3575°N 2.0398°W / 53.3575; -2.0398 (Disley churchyard cross )
Early Medieval/ Dark Age
A socket stone for two crosses in
St Mary's churchyard. It was discovered in 1958 and thought to be the setting for two Saxon crosses.
[72]
[73]
[74]
Eddisbury hillfort
Earthworks
Delamere
53°13′09″N 2°40′14″W / 53.2192°N 2.6705°W / 53.2192; -2.6705 (Eddisbury hillfort )
Iron Age
A former hillfort on a steep-sided sandstone projection on the east side of the mid-Cheshire ridge. The defences consist of two earth
ramparts with a single ditch between them.
[75]
[76]
[77]
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[79]
Edgar's Cave
Former quarry
Handbridge
53°11′04″N 2°53′19″W / 53.1844°N 2.8887°W / 53.1844; -2.8887 (Edgar's Cave )
Roman
A
quarry which included a
shrine to Minerva whose image is still visible. The shrine is a Grade I
listed building .
[80]
[81]
[82]
[83]
Elm Bank Roman Camp
Cropmark
Waverton
53°10′12″N 2°49′20″W / 53.1701°N 2.8222°W / 53.1701; -2.8222 (Elm Bank Roman Camp )
Roman
Cropmarks show a rectangular enclosure which housed a Roman practice camp.
[84]
[85]
[86]
Engine Vein copper mine
Trench and pits
Nether Alderley
53°17′39″N 2°12′37″W / 53.2941°N 2.2104°W / 53.2941; -2.2104 (Engine Vein copper mine )
Bronze Age and later
An
opencast mine for copper and other minerals in use from the early Bronze Age, in Roman and medieval times, through to the
Victorian era .
[87]
[88]
[89]
Gallowsclough Cob barrow
Earthworks
Oakmere
53°14′14″N 2°38′44″W / 53.2373°N 2.6455°W / 53.2373; -2.6455 (Gallowsclough Cob barrow )
Bronze Age
A round barrow excavated in 1960 which was found to contain a primary cremation burial as well as fragments of a secondary burial, time frame unknown.
[90]
[91]
[92]
Ginclough standing stone
Standing stone
Ginclough
53°17′03″N 2°04′06″W / 53.2842°N 2.0683°W / 53.2842; -2.0683 (Ginclough standing stone )
Late prehistoric
A large stone 1m high cut away on two sides.
[93]
[94]
[95]
Harbutt's Field Roman fort
Plan of Roman fort
Middlewich
53°11′55″N 2°26′50″W / 53.1985°N 2.4472°W / 53.1985; -2.4472 (Harbutt's Field Roman fort )
Roman
The complete plan of a Roman fort has been revealed by a
geophysical survey.
[96]
[97]
[98]
Helsby hill fort
Earthworks
Helsby Hill
53°16′24″N 2°45′47″W / 53.2732°N 2.7630°W / 53.2732; -2.7630 (Helsby Hill fort )
Iron Age
A promontory fort with naturally steep slopes to the west and north and an earth and stone rampart to the south.
[99]
[100]
[101]
Heronbridge Roman Site
Earthworks
Claverton
53°10′15″N 2°53′02″W / 53.1709°N 2.8839°W / 53.1709; -2.8839 (Heronbridge Roman Site )
Roman
A Roman settlement on each side of
Watling Street with evidence of industrial activity in the late 1st and the 2nd century.
[102]
[103]
[104]
[105]
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[113]
High Billinge barrow
Earthworks
Utkinton
53°11′28″N 2°40′04″W / 53.1911°N 2.6679°W / 53.1911; -2.6679 (High Billinge barrow )
Bronze Age
A round barrow 30m across and 1.8m high in woodland on a hill-top. Unexcavated.
[114]
[115]
[116]
Hoole Roman Camp
Parchmark
Hoole
53°12′16″N 2°51′18″W / 53.2044°N 2.8551°W / 53.2044; -2.8551 (Hoole Roman Camp )
Roman
Aerial photography in August 1995 showed a rectangular enclosure, part of which lies under the
A41 road .
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[119]
Ince Roman Fortlet
Cropmarks
Ince
53°17′13″N 2°49′49″W / 53.2870°N 2.8303°W / 53.2870; -2.8303 (Ince Roman Fortlet )
Roman
Aerial photography showed a double-ditched rectangular enclosure. Excavation revealed a piece of
samian pottery and
postholes .
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[121]
[122]
Jodrell Bank barrow cemetery
Earthworks
Swettenham
53°13′27″N 2°18′13″W / 53.2243°N 2.3036°W / 53.2243; -2.3036 (Jodrell Bank barrow cemetery )
Bronze Age
Four remaining round barrows from an original group of six.
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[124]
[125]
[126]
[127]
[128]
[129]
[130]
[131]
Kelsborrow promontory fort
Earthworks
Delamere
53°12′10″N 2°42′09″W / 53.2027°N 2.7026°W / 53.2027; -2.7026 (Kelsborrow promontory fort )
Iron Age
A promontory fort with steep sides to the south and a curving bank and ditch to the north. In the 19th century a
palstave and a fragment of a sword were found.
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[133]
[134]
Knightslow barrows
Earthworks
Lyme Handley
53°19′55″N 2°03′17″W / 53.3319°N 2.0547°W / 53.3319; -2.0547 (Knightslow barrows )
Bronze Age
A group of four round barrows in woodland on a hill.
[135]
[136]
[137]
[138]
[139]
[140]
[141]
[142]
[143]
London Road barrow
Earthworks
Prestbury
53°18′06″N 2°08′23″W / 53.3017°N 2.1398°W / 53.3017; -2.1398 (London Road barrow )
Bronze Age
A slightly oval (26m x 25m) barrow up to 1.3m in height. In 1808 a number of cairns were found, one of which contained cremations.
[144]
[145]
[146]
Long Lane barrow
Earthworks
Bickerton
53°04′09″N 2°43′55″W / 53.0691°N 2.7320°W / 53.0691; -2.7320 (Long Lane barrow )
Bronze Age
A round barrow consisting of a low mound 24m in diameter and 0.5m high on a knoll to the east of
Bickerton Hill .
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[148]
[149]
Longley Farm field system
Earthworks
Kelsall
53°13′29″N 2°42′20″W / 53.2247°N 2.7056°W / 53.2247; -2.7056 (Longley Farm field system )
Iron Age (or medieval/post-medieval)
A system of
terraces ,
lynchets and enclosures.
[150]
[151]
[152]
Maiden Castle
Earthworks
Bickerton Hill
53°04′15″N 2°45′04″W / 53.0708°N 2.7511°W / 53.0708; -2.7511 (Maiden Castle )
Iron Age
A promontory hill fort on a spur with an earthwork defending its neck and two lines of ramparts on the south and east.
[153]
[154]
[155]
Meadows Farm barrow
Earthworks
Horton-cum-Malpas
53°01′47″N 2°48′53″W / 53.0296°N 2.8146°W / 53.0296; -2.8146 (Meadows Farm barrow )
Bronze Age
A round barrow which contained an oak plank, possibly part of a coffin.
[156]
[157]
[158]
Moultonbank barrow
Earthworks
Moulton
53°13′13″N 2°31′16″W / 53.2203°N 2.5211°W / 53.2203; -2.5211 (Moultonbank barrow )
Bronze Age
A round barrow on the top of a
glacial mound 35m in diameter and 1.5m high.
[159]
[160]
[161]
The Murder Stone
Standing stone
Lyme Handley
53°19′34″N 2°01′29″W / 53.3261°N 2.0248°W / 53.3261; -2.0248 (The Murder Stone )
Bronze Age
A standing stone consisting of a triangular slab of gritstone.
[162]
[163]
[164]
Nab Head barrow
Earthworks
Bollington
53°18′21″N 2°05′28″W / 53.3058°N 2.0912°W / 53.3058; -2.0912 (Nab Head barrow )
Bronze Age
An oval (19m x 17m) barrow up to 1.8m high with a central depression, surrounded by a ditch.
[165]
[166]
[167]
Two sections of the North Cheshire Ridge Roman Road
Earthworks
Appleton Thorn
53°20′59″N 2°32′46″W / 53.3497°N 2.5461°W / 53.3497; -2.5461 (North Cheshire Ridge Roman Road (1) )
Stretton
53°20′37″N 2°33′36″W / 53.3436°N 2.5600°W / 53.3436; -2.5600 (North Cheshire Ridge Roman Road (2) )
Roman
Much of The Appleton Thorn portion of the road is now covered by the village hall car park; the scheduled portion of the road in Stretton is near to Mosswood Hall
[168]
[169]
[170]
Oakmere hill fort
Earthworks
Oakmere
53°12′22″N 2°37′52″W / 53.2060°N 2.6312°W / 53.2060; -2.6312 (Oakmere hillfort )
Iron Age
A promontory fort on a spur protruding into the
mere with a rampart across the east side.
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[173]
Peckforton Mere promontory fort
Earthworks and cropmarks
Peckforton
53°06′52″N 2°40′49″W / 53.1144°N 2.6803°W / 53.1144; -2.6803 (Peckforton Mere promontory fort )
Iron Age
A defensive settlement on a ridge with the mere to the southwest and marsh to the northwest and southeast. The northeast was defended by a ditch.
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Picton Roman camp
Cropmarks
Picton
53°13′27″N 2°52′04″W / 53.2243°N 2.8677°W / 53.2243; -2.8677 (Picton Roman camp )
Roman
Aerial photography in July 1995 showed a rectangular enclosure which was probably a Roman practice camp.
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[179]
Prestbury churchyard cross shaft
Stone fragments
Prestbury
53°17′21″N 2°09′03″W / 53.2892°N 2.1508°W / 53.2892; -2.1508 (Prestbury churchyard cross shaft )
Early Medieval/ Dark Age
Three Saxon stone fragments cemented together in the churchyard of
St Peter's ; the lower two fragments come from one cross while the top one is from a different cross.
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[181]
Reed Hill cairn
Earthworks
Lyme Handley
53°18′56″N 2°02′03″W / 53.3155°N 2.0342°W / 53.3155; -2.0342 (Reed Hill cairn )
Bronze Age
A round barrow on the apex of a natural mound. Excavation in 1911 revealed a gritstone burial chamber containing cremated human bones.
[182]
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[184]
Robin Hood's Tump
Earthworks
Alpraham
53°08′05″N 2°38′14″W / 53.1346°N 2.6371°W / 53.1346; -2.6371 (Robin Hood's Tump )
Bronze Age
A sand and turf round barrow 17m in diameter and 1.5m high. Excavation revealed worked flints but no evidence of a burial.
[185]
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[187]
Sandbach Crosses
Standing stones
Sandbach
53°08′38″N 2°21′44″W / 53.1440°N 2.3621°W / 53.1440; -2.3621 (Sandbach Crosses )
Early Medieval/ Dark Age
A pair of Saxon crosses decorated with carvings on all faces. They have been moved on several occasions and were erected in their present position in 1816. They are listed at Grade I.
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Sandbach cross fragments
Stones
Sandbach
53°08′37″N 2°21′40″W / 53.1435°N 2.3611°W / 53.1435; -2.3611 (Sandbach cross fragments )
Early Medieval/ Dark Age
Three fragments from the shaft of one or more Saxon crosses in
S Mary's churchyard.
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[193]
Seven Lows barrows
Earthworks
Delamere
53°11′55″N 2°39′18″W / 53.1987°N 2.6550°W / 53.1987; -2.6550 (Seven Lows barrows )
Bronze Age
Five barrows remaining out of an original total of seven.
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[201]
Somerford Bridge barrow
Earthwork
Somerford
53°10′04″N 2°15′19″W / 53.1677°N 2.2553°W / 53.1677; -2.2553 (Somerford Bridge barrow )
Neolithic
A suspected long barrow, now a mound covered in oak trees.
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[204]
Sponds Hill barrows
Earthworks
Lyme Handley
53°19′10″N 2°02′50″W / 53.3194°N 2.0471°W / 53.3194; -2.0471 (Sponds Hill barrows )
Bronze Age
Two round barrows, one on the summit of the hill, the other to the south.
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St. Plegmund's well
Holy well
Mickle Trafford
53°13′31″N 2°49′03″W / 53.2253°N 2.8175°W / 53.2253; -2.8175 (St. Plegmund's well )
Early Medieval/ Dark Age
A well, now dry, surrounded by stone slabs.
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[212]
Stamford Heath enclosure
Shown on aerial photographs
Christleton
53°11′50″N 2°48′31″W / 53.1972°N 2.8087°W / 53.1972; -2.8087 (Stamford Heath enclosure )
Roman
Photography in 1947 revealed a rectangular earthwork enclosure which may be a Roman camp.
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Stamford Lodge Roman Camp
Cropmarks
Christleton
53°11′47″N 2°49′04″W / 53.1964°N 2.8179°W / 53.1964; -2.8179 (Stamford Lodge Roman Camp )
Roman
Photography in 1947 revealed a rectangular earthwork enclosure which may be a Roman camp.
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[218]
Sutton Hall cairn
Earthworks
Sutton, Macclesfield
53°14′20″N 2°06′50″W / 53.2388°N 2.1140°W / 53.2388; -2.1140 (Sutton Hall cairn )
Bronze Age
A round barrow 24m in diameter and up to 1.4m in height. When excavated in 1962 secondary cremations were found but no primary cremation.
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[221]
Swettenham Hall barrow
Earthworks
Swettenham
53°11′50″N 2°16′48″W / 53.1971°N 2.2801°W / 53.1971; -2.2801 (Swettenham Hall barrow )
Bronze Age
A probable round barrow which has been spread by ploughing.
[222]
[223]
[224]
Tatton settlement, old hall and mill dam
Earthworks
Tatton Park
53°19′43″N 2°22′02″W / 53.3286°N 2.3671°W / 53.3286; -2.3671 (Tatton settlement )
Late Neolithic, Saxon, and Medieval
A former village occupied in the late Neolithic, Saxon and Medieval periods. Now deserted and only earthworks remain. The site includes the ground beneath
Tatton Old Hall .
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[233]
Thieves Moss Roman road
Site of road
Delamere Forest
53°13′06″N 2°39′23″W / 53.2182°N 2.6563°W / 53.2182; -2.6563 (Thieves Moss Roman road )
Roman
The possible site of section of the
Chester -
Manchester Roman road.
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[235]
Toot Hill barrow
Mound
Macclesfield Forest
53°14′43″N 2°02′38″W / 53.2454°N 2.0440°W / 53.2454; -2.0440 (Toot Hill barrow )
Bronze Age
An oval barrow of earth and stones at the centre of which is a gritstone slab.
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[237]
[238]
Tytherington barrow
Earthworks
Tytherington
53°16′16″N 2°07′51″W / 53.2712°N 2.1308°W / 53.2712; -2.1308 (Tytherington barrow )
Bronze Age
A round barrow, now in a housing development, which was found to contain a cremation and part of an urn.
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[241]
Upton Heath Roman Camp
Cropmark
Upton Heath
53°13′12″N 2°52′28″W / 53.2201°N 2.8744°W / 53.2201; -2.8744 (Upton Heath Roman Camp )
Roman
A rectangular round-cornered enclosure, possibly a Roman practice camp.
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Upton Roman Camp
Parchmarks
Upton-by-Chester
53°13′11″N 2°52′13″W / 53.2196°N 2.8703°W / 53.2196; -2.8703 (Upton Roman Camp )
Roman
Aerial photography in August 1989 showed a rectangular enclosure; no signs of it can be seen on the ground.
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Upton Roman camp (1)
Parchmarks
Upton-by-Chester
53°13′24″N 2°52′20″W / 53.2233°N 2.8721°W / 53.2233; -2.8721 (Upton Roman camp (1) )
Roman
Aerial photography in August 1990 showed a rectangular enclosure with a rounded entrance.
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Upton Roman camp (2)
Cropmarks
Upton-by-Chester
53°13′00″N 2°52′10″W / 53.2168°N 2.8695°W / 53.2168; -2.8695 (Upton Roman camp (2) )
Roman
Aerial photography has shown a rectangular enclosure. Further investigations have revealed evidence of a ditch and
sherds of Roman pottery.
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West Park cross shafts
Three standing stones
West Park,
Macclesfield
53°15′48″N 2°08′11″W / 53.2634°N 2.1365°W / 53.2634; -2.1365 (West Park cross shafts )
Early Medieval/ Dark Age
Three Saxon circular crosses with traces of ornamental sculpting, now mounted in a public park.
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Whitley barrow
Earthworks
Lower Whitley
53°18′36″N 2°34′29″W / 53.3099°N 2.5747°W / 53.3099; -2.5747 (Whitley barrow )
Bronze Age
A slightly oval round barrow.
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Wilderspool Roman site
Excavation
Wilderspool
53°22′30″N 2°35′14″W / 53.3750°N 2.5871°W / 53.3750; -2.5871 (Wilderspool Roman site )
Roman
Excavations have shown parts of a walled town with evidence of industrial activity.
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Winwick barrow
Earthworks
Highfield Lane,
Winwick
53°26′03″N 2°34′58″W / 53.4342°N 2.5827°W / 53.4342; -2.5827 (Winwick barrow )
Bronze Age
A round barrow, formerly part of a cemetery. Excavation in 1860 revealed a large urn containing human bones, a stone axe hammer and a bronze spear head.
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Withington Hall barrow cemetery
Earthworks
Withington, Macclesfield
53°14′54″N 2°17′28″W / 53.2482°N 2.2911°W / 53.2482; -2.2911 (Withington Hall barrow cemetery )
Bronze Age
Three round barrows, two of which have been excavated revealing evidence of cremations.
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Woodhouse hillfort
Stone and earth bank
Frodsham
53°16′35″N 2°44′06″W / 53.2763°N 2.7350°W / 53.2763; -2.7350 (Woodhouse hillfort )
Iron Age
A promontory hillfort with steep slopes on the south and west sides and a stone and earth bank on the other sides.
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Wybunbury church site
Foundations
Wybunbury
53°02′43″N 2°26′55″W / 53.0452°N 2.4486°W / 53.0452; -2.4486 (Wybunbury church site )
Late Saxon
A church was present in the
Domesday survey. The subsequent
medieval
Church of St Chad (other than the tower) has been demolished and the site is scheduled.
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Yearn's Low barrow
Earthworks
Rainow
53°16′50″N 2°03′17″W / 53.2806°N 2.0548°W / 53.2806; -2.0548 (Yearn's Low barrow )
Bronze Age
A round barrow 19m in diameter in which Roman coins and other objects have been found.
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