Monument record 1340/1/3 - Withington Hall Barrow Cemetery

Bronze Age round barrow. 0.7m high & 27m in diam. Sited in pasture. An urn (now lost?) containing human remains is recorded from this barrow (1). David Wilson re- excavated a square excavation pit of 1835 in 1982/3. The barrow was made of turf. 2 main features were revealed cut into the subsoil each surrounded by a ring of stakeholes. A date of 2850 +/- 150 bp was derived from one of the stakeholes, which is much more recent than the early Bronze Age finds. The backfill produced a volume of finds. There were substantial remains of 6 pots, not collared urns, but with stabbed decoration. The flintwork includes a barbed & tanged arrowhead & a trimming flake from a neolithic polished axe. Pollen analysis is being carried out by F.Chambers of Keele University (2).

<1> Longley D, 1979, Prehistoric Sites in Cheshire, /33 (Report). SCH2719.

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Wilson D 1986 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

<3> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/85 1987 (Book). SCH3556.

<5> English Heritage, Various, Old/Original Schedule Entry (Scheduled Ancient Monuments Description), 22585 (Scheduling Record). SCH4606.

<5> English Heritage, Various, Schedule Entry (Scheduled Ancient Monuments Amendment), 22585 (Scheduling Record). SCH2950.

<6> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, /no.206 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.