Monument record 835 - Barrow at Morrey's Nurseries

In 1947, Mr Morrey of Morrey's Nurseries, Kelsall, ploughed up large stones later thought to have been the cist of a tumulus and traces of fire and bones. G Webster excavated the site in 1951. A circle of stones 10' in diameter was found at a depth of 14". Outside this was a ditch. The cremated bones of a child were found as a secondary burial in an inverted MBA urn, 4' deep at the side the of the circle. There was no mound on the site, which had been cultivated for a long time (1). Site destroyed by market garden (3). Excavation by GB leach in 1950. Urn and possible cist. Secondary cremation of child in inverted urn (4).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ56NW13 (Index). SCH2487.

<2> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, vol.I, p.83 (Book). SCH3556.

<3> Cheshire Historic Environment Record, 1990-1992, MPP Scoring Form, Robinson K D (Unpublished Document). SCH2222.

<4> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, /no.94 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.

<5> Chester Archaeological Society, Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society, vol.39, p.110 (Journal/Periodical). SCH1595.

<6> Cheshire Rural Community Council, 1951-60, Cheshire Historian, Webster G 1951, p.34 (Journal/Periodical). SCH810.