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Image of Bate Mill Tumuli (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by postman

central tumulus with northern rising on the right

Image credit: christopher bickerton
Image of Bate Mill Tumuli (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by postman

Central tumulus with Jodrell Bank peeping over the trees

Image credit: christopher bickerton

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Bate Mill Tumuli
Barrow / Cairn Cemetery

Drive by 21.7.15

Directions:
To the west of the A535. A short distance north of the famous Jodrell Bank.

As Posties photos show, the fields where the barrows lie are undulating and the ploughed down barrows are not easy to spot – particularly on a drive-by.

The A535 is a busy road and parking is tricky.

E.H. state the 3 barrows are between 0.75m and 1m high x 35m in diameter. The barrows have been carbon dated to c1900BC. The cremated remains of a young woman was discovered within a leather container when one of the barrows was excavated in the 1970s.

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