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<< Our Photo Pages >> Church Lawton South - Stone Circle in England in Cheshire

Submitted by vicky on Friday, 03 January 2003  Page Views: 10515

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Church Lawton South Alternative Name: Church Lawton III
Country: England County: Cheshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Alsager  Nearest Village: Church Lawton
Map Ref: SJ808557  Landranger Map Number: 118
Latitude: 53.098152N  Longitude: 2.288191W
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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1 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Church Lawton South
Church Lawton South submitted by vicky : The site of the Church Lawton South barrow and stone circle close to the junction of the A50, A5011 and B5077 near Alsager. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle and Round Barrow in Cheshire

Part of the Church Lawton barrow cemetery, Church Lawton III (South) is now nothing more than a slight hump in a grassy field, but it is one of Cheshire’s most important sites, for beneath the barrow is one of the county’s few known stone circles.

As at other sites in Cheshire and the UK, Church Lawton III was constructed during more than one phase and was used as an ‘open site’ prior to mound construction. Excavations were carried out by Robina McNeil in the early 1980s, revealing a circle between 22m and 23m in diameter of nine huge glacial erratic boulders with entrance gaps to the north and south. Two of the stones stood upright, while the other seven had been deliberately placed on their sides on the old ground surface.

Within the circle stood a turf and daub structure around 2.5m by 1.5m. This appeared to have been burnt and a few fragments of cremated bone were found close by. As to what this structure was originally used for, we cannot be sure but it is possible that it may have been an excarnation platform where the remains of the dead were ‘exposed to the elements’ so that the flesh decomposed before burial.

Once it had served its purpose, the turf and daub structure was covered by a low mound of sand scraped up from the sub-soil within the circle of stones and partially surrounded by a turf wall. No burials or cremations were associated with this mound. This is quite common throughout the UK and archaeologists believe that such barrows were perhaps built to commemorate the death of a person who’s body could not be buried, for example someone who had drowned. However, in other cases it may just be that any bones have been destroyed because of the acidity of the soil in which they were buried.

References:

R. McNeil. “Notes on Church Lawton North and South”, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, Volume 8 (1982)

D.M.Longley “Prehistory” in C.R.Elrington (ed) “The Victoria History of the County of Chester, volume 1, Oxford University Press (1987)

Note: Please note this barrow is located on private land but can be easily viewed from the nearby road.
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Church Lawton South
Church Lawton South submitted by TimPrevett : Nine massive glacial erratic stones once formed a stone circle in this field, nearer the road (from left of picture, in front of houses). Few would know that now. I pass by here quite frequently, and smile, telling anyone with me "did you know...". See Paul & Vicky's in depth article. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Church Lawton South by Anonymous on Friday, 05 July 2013
Why has somebody been allowed to run a fence across theChurch Lawton Barrow if it is so important?
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