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.[3][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.[5][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.[10][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.[13][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.[16][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.[31][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][47][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.[49][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.[63][64][65][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] |
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][78][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 |
Middlewich53°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][106][107][108][109][110][111][112][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.[117][118][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.[120][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.[123][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.[132][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.[147][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.[171][172][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.[174][175][176] |
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.[177][178][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.[180][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][183][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][186][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.[188][189][190][191] |
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.[192][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.[194][195][196][197][198][199][200][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.[202][203][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.[205][206][207][208][209] |
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.[210][211][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.[213][214][215] |
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.[216][217][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.[219][220][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.[225][226][227][228][229][230][231][232][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.[234][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.[236][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.[239][240][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.[242][243][244] |
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.[245][246][247] |
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.[248][249] |
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.[250][251] |
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.[252][253] |
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.[254][255][256] |
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.[257][258][259][260] |
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.[261][262][263] |
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.[264][265][266][267][268][269][270] |
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.[271][272][273] |
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.[274][275][276] |
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.[277][278][279][280] |