Monument record 1551/0/1 - A round barrow situated behind Mount Pleasant

A round barrow, situated behind Mount Pleasant, Prestbury Road. Site consisted of a cairn 3ft high x 12ft diam, covered by a 15ft thick layer of earth. In the centre, on a layer of stones were calcined human bones and teeth and a flint saw, 4.5 ins long x 1 inch wide, with a fine serrated edge (1). Fragments of 2 urns, one large & the other small, were obtained by Dr W H Clarke from the workmen who were removing this tumulus (2). No trace of barrow remains. Site has been quarried out to 4m below former ground level (3). Site now part of a modern cemetery (4).

<1> Sainter J D, 1878, Scientific Rambles Round Macclesfield, /69 1878 (Book). SCH2964.

<2> Shone W, 1911, Prehistoric Man in Cheshire, /70 (Book). SCH2710.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ97SW1/1964 (Index). SCH2487.

<4> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/84 1987 (Book). SCH3556.

<5> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, /no.34 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.

<6> National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, 1992, An Archaeological Assessment of a Proposed Development on Land at Tytherington, Macclesfield., R2023/2 (Client Report). SCH4188.