Monument record 1037/1/3 - Jodrell Bank Barrow Cemetery

Site of round mound. The site now comprises a sunken lawn, flower beds and a playing field. There is no trace of the mound (1) and (2). The mound may have been removed during landscaping the grounds of Jodrell Hall c.1899-1905. Tradition says that one piece of pottery was found in it (3). Construction of an extension to Terra Nova School in 1992 involved building work being carried out adjacent to the demolished barrow on the north west side. A watching brief was carried out; Report no 2032. Post medieval features were found, apparently contemporary with the construction of Jodrell hall, and one feature, undated but for a small piece of ancient brick. The topsoil had been ploughed in the Post-medieval period, and truncated when the school was constructed in the 1970s (6).

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

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

<3> Uhthoff-Kaufmann R R, 1971, The Archaeology of Jodrell Hall (Terra Nova) Twemlow, /6-8 (Oral Communication). SCH3030.

<4> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/85 Longley D 1987 (Book). SCH3556.

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

<6> Chester Archaeology, 1992, Terra Nova School, Twemlow, 1992; A Watching Brief, R2032 (Client Report). SCH3010.

<7> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, 3 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.