Monument record 1037/1/1 - Jodrell Bank Barrow Cemetery

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ77SE4/1969 (Index). SCH2487.

Round Barrow 45m diam and 0.9m high.

<2> Longley D, 1979, Prehistoric Sites in Cheshire, p.30 (Report). SCH2719.

The surrounding ground surface is generally level. A field boundary cuts across the northern part of mound, beyond which land is being ploughed and consequently this edge of the mound falls by c.0.35m. The larger part of mound is under pasture, though it has been spread by past ploughing.

<3> Wilson D, 1988, Excavation of a Round Barrow at Jodrell Bank Farm Twemlow (Unpublished Document). SCH1182.

The area was field- walked in 1986 by D Wilson, but no finds were recovered. The barrow was under permanent pasture until recently, but now it is ploughed annually. Excavations by D Wilson in 1987-88 revealed a barrow composed of 3 concentric layers: a central layer of brown sand, possibly a decomposed turf stack; a layer of orange sand over a layer of brown sand, a possible turf revetment or cap. In addittion there was a crescent-shaped feature of sand which may have been a free standing turf bank c.1.0m wide and on the southern side of the central layer. The primary burial pit c.40cm diam and 73cm deep, contained a broken collared urn and cremated bone. Four other unurned cremations were found. One returned a C14 date of 1780 +/- 90 bc (HAR-8503). Pollen analysis showed open environment with evidence of human activity, including local cereal cultivation.

<4> Uhthoff-Kaufmann R R, 1971, The Archaeology of Jodrell Hall (Terra Nova) Twemlow, /3 (Oral Communication). SCH3030.

<5> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Ormerod G 1882 3/3 (Book). SCH1389.

<6> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, No.1 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.

<7> Wilson D, 2011, The Excavation of Five Early Bronze Age Burial Sites in South-East Cheshire, p.65 Round Barrow at Jodrell Bank Farm (Monograph). SCH9141.

Barrow was the most northerly of a linear group of six, running north-west to the south-east, following the line of Red Lion Brook. Siteunder plough in the 1980s and toal excavation of carried out between 1986 and 1988.
Barrow was heavily denuded but enough remained to determine its structure. It was comprised of three concentric layers, a central layer of brown sand, probably representing a decomposed turf stack; a layer of orange sand (B-horizon) and an outer layer of brown sand, the remains of either a turf revetment or capping to the barrow.

Primary cremation burial and 4 satellite unurned creamtions. Primary burial contained a fragmented collared urn, bone pommel and a small bead. Analysis of the cremations identified 3 individuals from the primary burial.

Charcoal from the primary burial was sent for radio-carbon dating to the Isotope Physics Laboratory at the University of Gronigen. Their analysis of the sample gave a date of 3590 +- 25 bp, equating to 1640BC (GrN - 16711)

97 flints were also recovered. Monograph contains flint, pottery, bone and pollen analysis reports.