| Description | A burial on Cockhill, Wadsworth in a quarry above the Mount Skip Inn, found in 1897. A grave, 6' long, 14 18 wide and c. 2' deep, containing human remains, with head and feet lying north and south was discovered during quarrying operations. There was a lot of charcoal in the grave, and in the ends, which were undisturbed, was a layer of charred wood and bones mixed together.
The larger part of a small earthenware vessel, some sherds and flints were found. The small earthenware vessel may be the accessory cup referred to by Manby (1986) as being in the British Museum, although the O.S. card for PRN 1271 (the ring barrow on Cockhill) states that there is an accessory cup from this barrow in the B.M. The O.S. stated in 1960 that research at the Bankfield Museum, Halifax produced no further information on the whereabouts of the finds. The association of flints and pottery with this burial suggests a prehistoric date for it.
This burial site is located very near to the scheduled ancient monument boundary for an enclosed Bronze Age urnfield (see PRN 1271). |