Monument Number 931357 |
| Hob Uid: 931357 | |
Location :
Warrington
Lymm
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| Grid Ref : SJ6833087050 |
| Summary : The remains of two embanked enclosures which were constructed as cockfighting pits. The date of their construction is probably contemporary with the building of Lymm Hall, which dates from the 17th century. The site consists of two interconnected arenas. The western arena floor is 8 metres across surrounded by a bank 8 metres wide at the base constructed of sandstone rubble and earth, standing up to 1.75 metres high. It is entered by a gap on the western side 1.5 metres wide, and on its eastern side another gap 1 metre wide leads to the second floor. This floor is 6 metres across with a surrounding bank 6 metres wide at the base and attached to the first bank, forming a figure '8' plan for the whole. In the centre of each arena is a dressed stone pedestal which stood 0.6 metres high and supported a stone table on which the birds were matched for sport. Scheduled. |
More information : (SJ 6833 8705 GCE). Two conjoined cockpits lie in the grounds of Lymm
Hall 100m west of the Hall. They are circular in shape and of
sandstone rubble and earth construction. That to the east is 15m in
diameter; that to the west 10m. Each is surrounded by a flat-topped
bank. There is an octagonal stone pedestal in the centre of each pit,
which would have supported the tables on which the cocks fought. Both
pits are depicted on OS 1:2500 mapping of 1898 (1a), but do not
appear subsequently.
The pits were surveyed by RCHME in 1988 at 1:1250 scale at the same
time as the moat around Lymm Hall (SJ 68 NE 10); see plans and level
3 descriptive text in NMR under collections UID 622032. (1) |