Brown Low

Brown Low
Map showing the location of Brown Low within Greater Manchester.

Brown Low is a bowl barrow most likely dating to the Bronze Age. An earth and stone mound survives east of Marple, Greater Manchester (grid reference SJ98829092). It is listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[1] Excavations have discovered fragments of burnt stones and cremated bones.[1] It is located in private land, just to one side of a public footpath running off Sandy Lane.[2]

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Coordinates: 53°24′54″N 2°01′04″W / 53.414871°N 2.01768°W / 53.414871; -2.01768


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