Monument record 1571/1 - Possible Barrow near Brick Kiln Wood

Possible tumulus, 12 yards in circumference & 2 yards high, situated a short distance above Toothill enclosure (RN:1570), when ascending Dirty Gate, in a field to the left. Immediately on its north side is a pool. The mound has not been disturbed (1). Reported to be surrounded by a ditch, with a standing stone in the same field (2). OS report an artificial mound, situated alongside Brick kiln Wood, 11m in diam x 0.7m high. It is in a disturbed area with a heavy concentration of brick fragments. It is probably associated with an old brickworks (3). Ref 4 reports an excavation in 1906 by the Manchester Classical Association which related the mound to a brickworks. Tom Clare gives grid ref SJ97057227 (4). 1988 survey reported amorphous mound on hillside, densely covered in conifers (7).

<1> Sainter J D, 1878, Scientific Rambles Round Macclesfield, /19 1878 (Book). SCH2964.

<2> Thompson Watkin W. T., 1886, Roman Cheshire: A Description of Roman Remains in the County of Chester, /297 (Book). SCH2878.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ97SE5/1964 (Index). SCH2487.

<4> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, /no.32 1977 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.

<5> Brown & Brutton, 1909, Manchester & District Branch of the Classical Association, 2nd report/22 (Book). SCH2078.

<6> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, /87-8 1876 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<7> Barnatt J, 1989, Peak District Barrow Survey, /22:E (Unpublished Report). SCH2591.