Monument record 1552/1/2 - Bowl barrow in Lavenham Close, Tytherington

<1> County Historic Environment Record, 1973-1985, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, 2/36 Davey P J 1974 (Journal/Periodical). SCH565.

Bronze Age cremation burial. 19 small fragments of pottery & a small quantity of calcined bones were recovered in 1973 from the spoil of a Home Guard trench running through a round barrow on a knoll north of Beech Hall. Pottery is coarse, lightly gritted, with a red oxidised exterior & a black interior. 3 sherds have a decoration of impressed dots. Probably part of a collared urn

<2> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/85 1987 (Book). SCH3556.

Site is tree & turf covered

<3> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, /no.96 & 117 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.

Mound is 1-1.30m high, 15m diam with a definite hollow on top to E of the centre, 2m wide & 0.4m deep, presumably where disturbance took place. Several tall trees on mound to W, 3 on E side have been chopped down & stumps burnt

<5> Rowley G 1982, 1982, Macclesfield in Prehistory, /Rowley G 1982 19 (Book). SCH2062.

<6> English Heritage, Various, Old/Original Schedule Entry (Scheduled Ancient Monuments Description), 22592 (Scheduling Record). SCH4606.

<6> English Heritage, Various, Schedule Entry (Scheduled Ancient Monuments Amendment), 22592 (Scheduling Record). SCH2950.

Site now encircled by housing development. Low earthen mound c.0.5m high and approx 18m x 15m

<7> National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, 1992, An Archaeological Assessment of a Proposed Development on Land at Tytherington, Macclesfield., R2023/2 (Client Report). SCH4188.