Monument record 9/2 - Burials at Burton Point

<1> Sulley, P, 1889, The Hundred of Wirral, p.170 (Book). SCH3174.

29 skeletons all laid E-W were found during excavations at Burton Point.

<2> Gamlin, H, 1897, Twixt Mersey and Dee, p.234 (Book). SCH3537.

The skeletons were found in repairing the causeway which runs from Burton Point to Connah's Quay & which was damaged by storm in Dec. 1878. The place where they were found was an extensive platform & they were from 1-2m below the surface. Nothing was found with the skeletons.

<3> Beazley, F C, 1908, Notes on the Parish of Burton in Wirral: Cheshire, p.22 (Book). SCH3173.

Local tradition says they were at least 50 or 60 & that they were coffined. An entry in the Burton parish register dated 1637 may account for the interment. It states that 41 people were drowned

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ37SW1 (Index). SCH2487.

No field evidence found.

<5> Bu'lock, J D, 1972, Pre-Conquest Cheshire 383 - 1066, p.21 (Monograph). SCH2685.

They might be of early Christian date, there being no later church nearby.

<6> David Randall, 1984, The Search for Old Wirral, p.116 (Monograph). SCH3860.

Randall suggests a date of 1875 for the discovery of the burials. He suggests there were only 29 in total and it was uncertain whether they were the remains of a ship-wrecked crew or a battle