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___MASK68___ is a market town in Greater Manchester , England , positioned at the foothills ___MASK7___ the South Pennines on the River Roch , north - northwest ___MASK7___ Oldham , and north - northeast ___MASK7___ the city ___MASK7___ Manchester . ___MASK68___ is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough ___MASK7___ ___MASK68___ , population 211 , 699 . ___MASK68___ is the largest settlement and administrative centre , with a total population ___MASK7___ 107 , 926 . Brown Low is a bowl barrow ___MASK88___ likely dating to the Bronze Age . An ___MASK57___ and stone mound survives east ___MASK7___ Marple , Greater Manchester ( grid reference SJ98829092 ) . It is listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument . Excavations have discovered fragments ___MASK7___ burnt stones and cremated bones . It is located in private land , just to one side ___MASK7___ a public footpath running off Sandy Lane . Proto - writing refers to the early writing systems that emerged in Eurasia in the early 3rd millennium BCE that were a development based on earlier traditions ___MASK7___ symbol systems that cannot be classified as writing proper , but have many characteristics strikingly similar to writing . They used ideographic and / or early mnemonic symbols to convey information yet were probably devoid ___MASK7___ direct linguistic content . These systems emerged in the early Neolithic period , as early as the 7th millennium BCE . Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily ___MASK7___ copper , commonly with about 12 % tin and often with the addition ___MASK7___ other metals ( such as aluminium , manganese , nickel or zinc ) and sometimes non - metals or metalloids such as arsenic , phosphorus or silicon . These additions produce a range ___MASK7___ alloys that may be harder than copper alone , or have other useful properties , such as stiffness , ductility , or machinability . ___MASK12___ is a town in Greater ___MASK84___ , ___MASK99___ . It stands on the River Douglas , ___MASK19___ - west ___MASK7___ Bolton , north ___MASK7___ Warrington and west - northwest ___MASK7___ ___MASK84___ . ___MASK12___ is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough ___MASK7___ ___MASK12___ and is its administrative centre . The town ___MASK7___ ___MASK12___ had a total population ___MASK7___ 97 , 000 in 2011 , whilst the wider borough has a population ___MASK7___ 318 , 100 . Greater ___MASK84___ is a metropolitan county in ___MASK64___ , with a population ___MASK7___ 2 . 8 million . It encompasses one ___MASK7___ the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs : Bolton , Bury , Oldham , Rochdale , ___MASK86___ , Tameside , Trafford , Wigan , and the cities ___MASK7___ ___MASK84___ and Salford . Greater ___MASK84___ was created on 1 April 1974 as a result ___MASK7___ the Local Government Act 1972 ; and designated a City Region on 1 April 2011 . A tumulus ( plural tumuli ) is a mound ___MASK7___ earth and stones raised over a ___MASK14___ or graves . Tumuli are also known as barrows , burial mounds or kurgans , and may be found throughout much ___MASK7___ the world . A cairn , which is a mound ___MASK7___ stones built for various purposes , may also originally have been a tumulus . ___MASK84___ is a major city and metropolitan borough in Greater ___MASK84___ , ___MASK99___ , with a population ___MASK7___ 514 , 414 . It lies within the United Kingdom ' s second - most populous urban area , with a population ___MASK7___ 2 . 55 million . ___MASK84___ is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south , the Pennines to the north and east and an arc ___MASK7___ towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation . The local authority is ___MASK84___ City Council . A " metropolitan area ", sometimes referred to as a " metro area " or just " metro ", is a region consisting ___MASK7___ a densely populated urban core and its less - populated surrounding territories , sharing industry , infrastructure , and housing . A metro area usually comprises multiple jurisdictions and municipalities : neighborhoods , townships , boroughs , cities , towns , exurbs , suburbs , counties , districts , states , and even nations like the eurodistricts . As social , economic and political institutions have changed , metropolitan areas have become key economic and political regions . Metropolitan areas include one or more urban areas , as well as satellite cities , towns and intervening rural areas that are socio - economically tied to the urban core , typically measured by commuting patterns . ___MASK64___ , one ___MASK7___ nine official regions ___MASK7___ England , consists ___MASK7___ the five counties ___MASK7___ Cheshire , Cumbria , Greater Manchester , Lancashire and Merseyside . The North West had a population ___MASK7___ 7 , 052 , 000 in 2011 . It is the third most populated region in the United Kingdom after the South East and Greater London . ___MASK63___ ( locally also ) is a town in Greater Manchester , England , on the River Irwell . It lies east ___MASK7___ Bolton , west - southwest ___MASK7___ Rochdale and north - northwest ___MASK7___ Manchester . ___MASK63___ is the largest settlement and administrative centre ___MASK7___ the Metropolitan Borough ___MASK7___ ___MASK63___ , with an estimated population in 2015 ___MASK7___ 78 , 723 . The borough ___MASK7___ ___MASK63___ has a wider population ___MASK7___ 187 , 474 as ___MASK7___ 2011 The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use ___MASK7___ bronze , proto - writing , and other early features ___MASK7___ urban civilization . The Bronze Age is the second principal period ___MASK7___ the three - age Stone - Bronze - Iron system , as proposed in modern times by Christian Jürgensen Thomsen , for classifying and studying ancient societies . Burial or interment is the ritual act ___MASK7___ placing a dead person or animal , sometimes with objects , into the ground . This is accomplished by excavating a pit or trench , placing the deceased and objects in it , and covering it over . Humans have been burying their dead for at least 100 , 000 years . Burial is often seen as indicating respect for the dead . It has been used to prevent the odor ___MASK7___ decay , to give family members closure and prevent them from witnessing the decomposition ___MASK7___ their loved ones , and in many cultures it has been seen as a necessary step for the deceased to enter the afterlife or to give back to the cycle ___MASK7___ life . The Local Government Act 1972 ( c 70 ) is an Act ___MASK7___ Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974 . ___MASK86___ is a large town in Greater Manchester , England , south - east of Manchester city centre , where the River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey . The town is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name . Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn ( for ) and atomic number 50 , is a ___MASK16___ - transition metal in group 14 ___MASK7___ the periodic table . It is obtained chiefly from the mineral cassiterite , which contains tin dioxide , SnO . Tin shows a chemical similarity to both ___MASK7___ its neighbors in group 14 , germanium and lead , and has two main oxidation states , + 2 and the slightly more stable + 4 . Tin is the 49th most abundant element and has , with 10 stable isotopes , the largest number ___MASK7___ stable isotopes in the periodic table , thanks to its magic number ___MASK7___ protons . It has two main allotropes : at room temperature , the stable allotrope is  - tin , a silvery - white , malleable metal , but at low temperatures it transforms into the less dense grey  - tin , which has the diamond cubic structure . Metallic tin is not easily oxidized in air . A civilization , or civilisation ( see spelling differences ), is any complex society characterized by urban development , social stratification , symbolic communication forms ( typically , writing systems ), and a perceived separation from and domination over the natural environment by a cultural elite . Civilizations are intimately associated with and often further defined by other socio - politico - economic characteristics , including centralization , the domestication ___MASK7___ both humans and other organisms , specialization ___MASK7___ labour , culturally ingrained ideologies ___MASK7___ progress and supremacism , monumental architecture , taxation , societal dependence upon farming as an agricultural practice , and expansionism . ___MASK56___ is a metropolitan borough ___MASK7___ Greater Manchester , England . With an estimated population ___MASK7___ about 211 , 800 in 2006 , it covers and includes the towns ___MASK7___ Altrincham , Partington , Sale , Stretford and Urmston . The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 as a merger ___MASK7___ the municipal boroughs ___MASK7___ Altrincham , Sale , and Stretford , the urban districts ___MASK7___ Bowdon , Hale and Urmston and part ___MASK7___ Bucklow Rural District . All were previously in Cheshire , apart from Stretford and Urmston which were in Lancashire . The River Mersey flows through the borough , separating North ___MASK56___ from South ___MASK56___ . Historically the Mersey also acted as the boundary between the historic counties ___MASK7___ Lancashire and Cheshire . A cairn is a human - made pile ( or stack ) ___MASK7___ stones . The word " cairn " comes from the ( plural ). Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety ___MASK7___ purposes , from prehistoric times to the present . In modern times , cairns are often erected as landmarks , a use they have had since ancient times . However , since prehistory , they have also been built and used as burial monuments ; for defense and hunting ; for ceremonial purposes , sometimes relating to astronomy ; to locate buried items , such as caches ___MASK7___ food or objects ; and to mark trails , among other purposes . The Metropolitan Borough ___MASK7___ Tameside is a metropolitan borough ___MASK7___ Greater Manchester in North West England . It is named after the River Tame , which flows through the borough and spans the towns ___MASK7___ Ashton - under - Lyne , Audenshaw , Denton , Droylsden , Dukinfield , Hyde , Mossley , Longdendale and Stalybridge . Its western border is approximately east ___MASK7___ Manchester city centre . It borders ___MASK82___ to the east , the Metropolitan Borough ___MASK7___ Oldham to the north , the Metropolitan Borough ___MASK7___ ___MASK86___ to the south , and the City ___MASK7___ Manchester to the west . the overall population was 219 , 324 . Bowl Barrow is the name for a type ___MASK7___ burial mound or tumulus . A barrow is a mound ___MASK7___ earth used to cover a tomb . The bowl barrow gets its name from the fact that it looks like an upturned bowl . Related terms include " cairn circle ", " cairn ring ", " howe ", " kerb cairn ", " tump " or " rotunda grave ". The metropolitan counties are a type ___MASK7___ county - level administrative division ___MASK7___ England . There are six metropolitan counties , which each cover large urban areas , typically with populations ___MASK7___ 1 . 2 to 2 . 8 million . They were created in 1972 and are each divided into several metropolitan districts or boroughs . ___MASK55___ ( or locally ) is a town in Greater ___MASK84___ in ___MASK64___ . A former mill town , ___MASK55___ has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th century , introducing a wool and cotton - weaving tradition . The urbanisation and development ___MASK7___ the town largely coincided with the introduction ___MASK7___ textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution . ___MASK55___ was a 19th - century boomtown , and at its zenith in 1929 its 216 cotton mills and 26 bleaching and dyeing works made it one ___MASK7___ the largest and most productive centres ___MASK7___ cotton spinning in the world . The British cotton industry declined sharply after the First World War , and by the 1980s cotton manufacture had virtually ceased in ___MASK55___ . A metropolitan borough is a type ___MASK7___ local government district in England , and is a subdivision ___MASK7___ a metropolitan county . Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 , metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts . However , all ___MASK7___ them have been granted or regranted royal charters to give them borough status ( as well as , in some cases , city status ). Metropolitan boroughs have been effectively unitary authority areas since the abolition ___MASK7___ the metropolitan county councils by the Local Government Act 1985 . However , metropolitan boroughs pool much ___MASK7___ their authority in joint boards and other arrangements that cover whole metropolitan counties , such as combined authorities . ___MASK98___ is a town in Greater ___MASK84___ , ___MASK99___ , amid the Pennines between the rivers Irk and Medlock , ___MASK19___ - southeast ___MASK7___ Rochdale and northeast ___MASK7___ ___MASK84___ . Together with several smaller surrounding towns , it is part ___MASK7___ the Metropolitan Borough ___MASK7___ ___MASK98___ , ___MASK7___ which it is the administrative centre .