Monument record 588 - Kenyon Hall tumulus

Kenyon Hall tumulus. 1826 - Bronze tongue of fibula & fragment of an urn found together on Mr Walpole's farm & now in Warrington Museum. Information originally from Mr Walpole, confirmed by Mr Beamont & communicated to Lancs & Cheshire Ant.Soc by Mr Madeley, Curator of Warrington Museum (1). No mention of tumulus in ref 1. 1887-1903 - Ref 2 states tumulus destroyed between these dates. It contained fragments of at least 3 cinerary urns, one of which contained the tongue of a bronze brooch. Remains of several cremations & a bronze pin also found in mound (2). Ref 2 gives grid ref SJ620949, but presumably same site. Ref 3 reports find of tanged awl from low barrow with urn & burnt bones.Site of barrow in Newchurch area, W. of Winwick Lane (3). Presumably same site.

<1> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 10/250 1892 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

Kenyon Hall tumulus. 1826 - Bronze tongue of fibula & fragment of an urn found together on Mr Walpole's farm & now in Warrington Museum. Information originally from Mr Walpole, confirmed by Mr Beamont & communicated to Lancs & Cheshire Ant.Soc by Mr Madeley, Curator of Warrington Museum

<2> Grealey S, 1976, The Archaeology of Warrington's Past, /83 no.5 (Book). SCH3046.

<3> Warrington Museum Index (Book). SCH3691.

<4> British Archaeological Association, 1847-present, Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 8/14 1851 (Journal/Periodical). SCH1578.

<5> Harrison W, 1896, An Archaeological Survey of Lancashire, /14 (Book). SCH241.

<6> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 13/120-126 May T 1903 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<7> Davey P & Forster E, 1975, Bronze Age Metalwork from Lancashire and Cheshire, /no.19 (Monograph). SCH488.