Monument record 702 - Mound, Medieval Gibbet, Gibbet Hill

Site of medieval gibbet. Mistaken for burial mound. Tumulus composed of light soil or sand which is sharply defined from local soil (1). Silver bodkin found in 1842 (2). Land said to have been in same family since 1837. Between 1837 & 1930 mound robbed of the sand it contained. Owner aware of find of silver bodkin & that the mound was said to have been the site of a gallows. Mound still visible as semi-circular ring. Original diam c.65m. Ground levelled, but sand still visible. Little doubt that the mound was a sand cap & not a barrow (3). Mound diameter 6m, height 0.5m, crossed by field boundary. Included in list of round barrows (4).

<1> Thompson Watkin W. T., 1886, Roman Cheshire: A Description of Roman Remains in the County of Chester, /314 1886 (Book). SCH2878.

<2> Chester Museum Index (Index). SCH947.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ67SW3/1962 (Index). SCH2487.

<4> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/86 Longley D 1987 (Book). SCH3556.

<5> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, /no.51 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.