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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: West Kirby Cremation BurialCountry: England County: Merseyside Type: Cist
Nearest Town: West Kirby Nearest Village: Caldy
Map Ref: SJ22158678
Latitude: 53.372122N Longitude: 3.171567W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Cist in Merseyside
Bronze Age Cremation (Not a Cist but the closest on the site list)
[SJ 22238662] Several urns of double-cordon type (2) found in 1840 in the garden of John Robins, Grove Hill, West Kirby, near the Dock Board Mark, and close to the surface. Inverted, they contained cremations with charcoal and ashes and
in one, at least, an edged flint (1). (1,2)
Mr. Robbins house was at SJ 22158678, but the extent of the garden at
that time could not be determined. (3)
SOURCE TEXT
( 1) General reference
Prehistoric Man in Cheshire 1911, 51, fig. 18 (Wm.Shone)
( 2) General reference
Prehistoric Cheshire 1940, Sched. IV. (Varley & Jackson)
( 3) Field Investigators Comments
F1 TPW 26-AUG-64
( 3a) General reference
Miss J Bozoli, Corr. Ches. Community Council, Victoria Road, West Kirby
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However, the importance of this find proves that the Wirral Peninsula was inhabited by early Man, rather than being written off as an area of forest with no human settlement.
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