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Description:  The monument includes the curvilinear embanked enclosure which formed the churchyard of a church at Overchurch. The church, of which little remains, was demolished in 1813. Among the stones taken from the site to build a new church at Upton was a fragment of Anglo-Saxon cross slab inscribed with runic lettering. The fragment points to a church on this site before the Conquest. In addition, a stone voussoir was found on the site and confirms that much of the original fabric of the demolished building was from the Romanesque period. The former presemce on the site of important Anglo-Saxon sculpture points to a 9th century church foundation on the site. The former presence of Romanesque carved masonry shows that the structure was from a date in the immediate post-Conquest period. The curvilinear form of the churchyard is taken to mean that the foundation may be early and possibly in the pre-Conquest period. The remains below ground will contain evidence of a buried population from the 9th century onward. Scheduled.

Country:  ENGLAND

County:  MERSEYSIDE

District:  WIRRAL

Grid Reference:   SJ26408892

Map Reference:  [EPSG:27700] 326400, 388920

Period:  EARLY MEDIEVAL, POST MEDIEVAL, 1066 - 1200, 800 - 899, MEDIEVAL, 1813

Subject:  CHURCH, CHURCHYARD, DEMOLISHED BUILDING, EARTHWORK, FIND, FINDSPOT, RUNE STONE, SUB SURFACE DEPOSIT, VOUSSOIR

Identifiers: 
[ADS] Depositor Id: SJ 28 NE 4
[ADS] Import RCN: NMR_NATINV-66184

People Involved: 
[Publisher] Historic England