Monument record 625/1 - Southworth Hall Farm Cemetery

<1> The Society for Medieval Archaeology, 1957-Present, Medieval Archaeology, Freke D J 1981 25/167 (Journal/Periodical). SCH2131.

1980 - Extensive Christian cemetery & church revealed around & over Bronze Age burial mound (RN:571/1/3). Several hundred grave slots were excavated, but only a few bones survived due to the soil conditions. Some coffin stains survived. At least 3 phases of use were distinguished. The excavation covered more than 1500sq m, but no boundary to the cemetery was found. Church was tentatively identified by tracing the gaps in the intricate interlocking pattern of graves where its walls once stood. Church 4m wide & 8m long. Circumstantial evidence for a pre-Conquest date

<2> The British Archaeological Trust, 1981-Present, Rescue News, 28/8 (Newspaper-Magazine). SCH2860.

<3> Freke, D.J and Thacker, A.T, 1987, Excavations at Ewinwick, Cheshire in 1980. 2. The Inhumation Cemetery at Southworth Hall farm, Winwick (Article in Journal). SCH8279.

Southworth Hall Farm barrow was covered and surrounded by an extensive cemetery pf which more than 1200sqm were excavted in 1980. No boundary found. Few bones but over 800 grave slots and three phases of use were distinguished.

There is no evidence for a church of any size on the site although it is just possible that in the NE ocorner there survive traces oif some small structure 4m wide and at least 8m long in the form of three lines at rightangles between the graves. Early medieval date suggested though no dating evidence,

<4> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Turner R C 1988 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Quarrying has now swept away the site of the excavation and the surrounding area. It is likely that this site has now been destroyed