Scheduled Monument: HARROD LOW LONG BARROW (1008064)
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Authority | English Heritage |
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Other Ref | SM Cat. No. 87 |
Date assigned | Friday, February 20, 1948 |
Date last amended | Friday, February 25, 1994 |
Description
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION
Long barrows were constructed as earthen or drystone mounds with flanking ditches and acted as funerary monuments during the Early and Middle Neolithic periods (3400-2400 BC). They represent the burial places of Britain's early farming communities and, as such, are amongst the oldest field monuments surviving visibly in the present landscape. Where investigated, long barrows appear to have been used for communal burial, often with only parts of the human remains having been selected for interment. Certain sites provide evidence for several phases of funerary monument preceding the barrow and, consequently, it is probable that long barrows acted as important ritual sites for local communities over a considerable period of time. Some 500 long barrows are recorded in England. As one of the few types of Neolithic structure to survive as earthworks, and due to their comparative rarity, their considerable age and their longevity as a monument type, all long barrows are considered to be nationally important.
Although Harrod Low long barrow has been slightly disturbed by past agricultural practices, the archaeological remains survive largely intact.
DETAILS
The monument is situated in the north-west uplands of the limestone plateau of Derbyshire and is a long barrow which includes a straight-sided linear mound measuring 42m from east to west by 18m from north to south. At its east end it is c.1m high and, at its west end, c.0.5m high. The east end of the barrow has been truncated by ploughing and faint plough ridges can be seen running north to south, most clearly near the western end of the barrow. There has been no recorded excavation of the site though Bray, writing in 1775, records that human bones were found there in the 18th century. The form and location of the monument, below the crest of a hill, date it to the Neolithic period.
SELECTED SOURCES
Book Reference - Author: Barnatt, John - Title: The Peak District Barrow Survey - Date: 1989 - Type: DESC TEXT - Description: Site 1;6
Book Reference - Author: Barnatt, John - Title: The Peak District Barrow Survey - Date: 1989 - Type: PLAN: MEASURED - Description: Site 1;6
Book Reference - Author: Bray, W. - Title: Sketch of a Tour into Derbyshire and Yorkshire - Date: 1775 - Page References: 239 - Type: DESC TEXT
Book Reference - Author: Hart, C.R. - Title: Searches for the E Neolithic: a study of Peakland Long Cairns - Date: 1986 - Type: DESC TEXT
Book Reference - Author: Marsden B - Title: The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire (1977) - Date: 1977 - Page References: 1 - Type: DESC TEXT
Article Reference - Author: Addy, S.O. - Title: The names of the Derbyshire and Staffordshire barrows - Date: 1908 - Journal Title: Derbyshire Archaeological Journal - Volume: 30 - Page References: 123-4 - Type: DESC TEXT
External Links (0)
Sources (1)
- SDR21642 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1948. Scheduling Notification: Harrod Low Long Barrow. List entry no. 1008064. SM Cat. No. 87.
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 0984 8059 (47m by 26m) |
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Map sheet | SK08SE |
Civil Parish | PEAK FOREST, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Aug 21 2013 11:29AM