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[[File:{{#var:Pnimage}}|thumb|right|500px|Robin Hood's Tump, Tilstone Fearnall / [https://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=4261 Tim Prevett, 26 Nov. 2013;] via [https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=5455 Megalithic Portal;] used by permission.]]
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'Robin Hood's Tump' is the name of the turf- and tree-covered remains of a Bronze Age round or bowl barrow situated on the north and west side of a turn in Vale Road, about 115 metres south of Nantwich Road (A5) in Tilstone Fearnall, Alpraham parish, Cheshire.
'Robin Hood's Tump' is the name of the turf- and tree-covered remains of a Bronze Age round or bowl barrow situated on the north and west side of a turn in Vale Road, about 115 metres south of Nantwich Road (A5) in Tilstone Fearnall, Alpraham parish, Cheshire.


During excavation carried out by W. J. Varley in 1940 or earlier, no burials were found in the barrow, which was found to be constructed of sand and turf. However, a dozen worked flints were found. Two post holes and a pit in the northern perimeter of the mound were attributed to occupation of the site prior to the construction of the mound. The mound is ''c.'' 17  m in diameter, reaching a height of no more than 1.2 m<ref>{{:Varley, W J 1940a}}, p. 48; {{:Congress of Archaeological Societies 1936a}}, see p. 22; neither seen but cf. PastScape above.</ref>
During excavation carried out by W. J. Varley in the 1930s,<ref>[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1011120 Historic England: Robin Hood's Tump bowl barrow.]</ref> no burials were found in the barrow, which was found to be constructed of sand and turf. However, a dozen worked flints were found. Two post holes and a pit in the northern perimeter of the mound were attributed to occupation of the site prior to the construction of the mound. The mound is ''c.'' 17  m in diameter, reaching a height of no more than 1.2 m<ref>{{:Varley, W J 1940a}}, p. 48; {{:Congress of Archaeological Societies 1936a}}, see p. 22; neither seen but cf. PastScape above.</ref>
 
The 'Tump' is included as an unnamed 'Tumulus' in the early 25" O.S. maps listed below. The earliest reference to use the name 'Robin Hood's Tump' may be an article by archaeologist J. W. Jackson published in 1936.<ref>{{:Jackson, J Wilfred 1936a}}, see p. 97; not seen but cf. Historic England under Sources above.</ref>
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* {{:Congress of Archaeological Societies 1936a}}, see p. 22; not seen but cf. PastScape above.
* {{:Congress of Archaeological Societies 1936a}}, see p. 22; not seen but cf. PastScape above.
* [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1011120 Historic England: Robin Hood's Tump bowl barrow]
* {{:Jackson, J Wilfred 1936a}}, see p. 97; not seen but cf. Historic England ahove.
* [https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=5455 Megalithic Portal: Robin Hood's Tump - Round Barrow(s) in England in Cheshire]
* [https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=5455 Megalithic Portal: Robin Hood's Tump - Round Barrow(s) in England in Cheshire]
* [https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=71041&sort=4&search=all&criteria=tump&rational=q&recordsperpage=10 PastScape: Robin Hood's Tump]
* [https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=71041&sort=4&search=all&criteria=tump&rational=q&recordsperpage=10 PastScape: Robin Hood's Tump]

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Robin Hood's Tump, Tilstone Fearnall.

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Robin Hood's Tump, Tilstone Fearnall / Tim Prevett, 26 Nov. 2013; via Megalithic Portal; used by permission.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-28. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-28. Photo courtesy Tim Prevett, via the Megalithic Portal. Tim, who produces and acts as consultant and lecturer on slow TV, kindly brought this place-name to IRHB's attention.

'Robin Hood's Tump' is the name of the turf- and tree-covered remains of a Bronze Age round or bowl barrow situated on the north and west side of a turn in Vale Road, about 115 metres south of Nantwich Road (A5) in Tilstone Fearnall, Alpraham parish, Cheshire.

During excavation carried out by W. J. Varley in the 1930s,[1] no burials were found in the barrow, which was found to be constructed of sand and turf. However, a dozen worked flints were found. Two post holes and a pit in the northern perimeter of the mound were attributed to occupation of the site prior to the construction of the mound. The mound is c. 17 m in diameter, reaching a height of no more than 1.2 m[2]

The 'Tump' is included as an unnamed 'Tumulus' in the early 25" O.S. maps listed below. The earliest reference to use the name 'Robin Hood's Tump' may be an article by archaeologist J. W. Jackson published in 1936.[3] Template:PnItemQry

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