Monument record MDR995 - Barrow (1 of 2), 'Painstor', Alsop Moor, Eaton and Alsop

One of two barrows [see also SMR 4810] in a field called Painstor, opened by Thomas Bateman in May and June 1845. This was a long and irregularly-formed mound and contained a female skeleton in the centre, several horse teeth and two flint implements. (1,2,5) During a field survey in 1966, Harper could not locate this barrow, suggesting it was destroyed or lost. (4,5) The barrows were noted by Bateman as being 'on the opposite side of the moor' to The Lowe barrow (SMR 4806) which suggests they were near the northern end of Alsop Moor. However, there are no known extant sites in this area (or elsewhere on Alsop Moor. Bateman excavated the mound on the 30th May 1845 and found at the centre, the decayed inhumation of a female and elsewhere in the trench, several horse teeth and crude flints. (6) As the precise location of the barrow is unknown, it has not been plotted. (7)