Round loaf
The Round Loaf ( German " Runder Brotlaib" ) is a late Neolithic - early Bronze Age tumulus on the Anglezarke Moor in the "West Pennine Moors", east of Chorley in Lancashire in England . It lies between the Great Hill in the northeast and the Pikestones , the remains of a Neolithic Cairns, in the southwest. The tumulus is of national importance and was placed under protection in 1954.
The Round Loaf occupies a prominent position on the Anglezarke moor. It has not been excavated and may not be disturbed. It is an oval hill about 73.0 × 66.0 meters, made of earth and small stones up to a height of 5.5 meters. Flint fragments were found on the summit .
Round Loaf is one of 10,000 hills that were built in England between the Late Neolithic and the Late Bronze Ages (2400–1500 BC). They are burial mounds that cover single or multiple burials. Some were surrounded by a moat. Some are as Round Loaf isolated and others are (on so-called cemeteries English cemeterys ) grouped. They vary in size and the regional variants show different burial practices.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 39 ′ 32.5 " N , 2 ° 32 ′ 57.3" W.