Site Event/Activity record ECH916 - MPP Scoring ~ Sutton Hall Farm

The Monuments Protection Programme was a comprehensive review and evaluation of England's archaeological resource, designed to collect information to enhance the conservation, management, and public appreciation of the archaeological heritage. One of its principal aims was to identify those monuments and sites whose national importance and conservation needs justify some form of statutory protection (generally scheduling). Scoring Remarks Cemetary only. Found in 1811, and destroyed. In 1811 while digging for foundations of a farmhouse an ancient cemetery was found. The space was enclosed by 36 pillars which formed 25 square compartments. The cemetery probably belonged to the secular canons or monks of St. Werburgh, who owned the manor prior to the conquest.