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Church Lawton barrows Cheshire .
Nov 17, 2014, 15:32
“Once a Sacred and Secluded Place: Early Bronze Age Monuments at Church Lawton, near Alsager, Cheshire “ from most recent Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society .
Interesting paper for those interested in BA funerary practices /monuments and or archaeology in the Cheshire/Staffordshire plain .
Brief summary . Report of two round barrows excavated in early 1980’s ,a nearby third was destroyed by the expansion of a garage in the 50’s .
Barrow A : unditched , evidence of limited Late Mesolithic use within body of mound and Early Neolithic underneath .No pits or burials .Centre of monument had a turf stack with associated timber and burnt wood producing a date of 2275–1691 cal BC . A small amount of cremated bone found in stack and fragments of cinerary urns from ground surface suggest a link to funerary practices in the other barrow(s) . Mound 22m in diameter ,1m high . It was encircled by nine stones two separate arcs of five and four with different centres and they did not function as a kerb .
Barrow B : defined by an irregular ditch . Mound , degraded by ploughing but probably 30-32 m diameter , consists of sand and stabilising turves but not revetments . A central pit 0.5m deep was covered by large piece of burnt wood returning a date of 2027–1621 cal BC .Two urned burials and thirteen with un-urned cremations found . Urned burial provided date 2115-1896 cal BC . At the south and east five scoops and shallow pits had numerous stakes (diameter 20-60mm ) and were infilled with ash and charocoal ,considered as possible pyre draught pits .
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