Monument record MDR1102 - Moot or Moat Low bowl barrow, north-west of Moatlow Farm, Newton Grange
Type and Period (4)
- BOWL BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- CREMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- INHUMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- CIST (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
Moot Lowe, a tree-covered barrow about thirty yards in diameter and about four feet in height, located about half way between Alsop Moor and Dovedale. It was opened on the 2nd June 1845 by Thomas Bateman. A contracted inhumation was found in a rock-cut grave with a flat bronze axe and a pig's jaw. Another skeleton and a cremation were also found in the grave. (1,3).
[SK 15505400] MOAT LOW. (2). The barrow was surveyed at 1:2500. (4). Moat Low is a grass and tree covered mound with a maximum height of 2.1 metres, the top has been hollowed but the barrow is in good condition. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (5). Listed in the survey as a large tree-planted, flat-topped mound with a long irregular rock-grave and two crouched skeletons. It is four feet in height and 108 feet in diameter. (6).
SK 155560. Moat Low round barrow scheduled monument. (7).
A large and well known barrow called Moot Lowe. A trench dug at the centre exposed a rock cut grave with a sloping floor. At the lowest point of the floor was a contracted male inhumation. Near the head was a bronze axe and near the body, a pig's jaw. At the other end of the cist, five yards away, was another inhumation with a few burnt bones in a disturbed heap. (11).
Moat Low bowl barrow, also known as Moot Low, is a sub-circular cairn with a hilltop location in the south-western ridges of the limestone plateau of Derbyshire. It became a scheduled monument on the 13th July 1992. The monument includes a mound measuring 29 metres by 25 metres and standing c.1 metre high. Partial excavation carried out by Thomas Bateman in 1845 revealed a rock-cut grave containing two skeletons, the easternmost accompanied by burnt bones and the westernmost by a bronze flat axe and the jaw of a pig. The axe indicates a Bronze Age date for the barrow. (14).
Sources/Archives (13)
- <1> SDR2903 Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1848. Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire. p 68.
- <2> SDR12080 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1955. 6".
- <3> SDR6834 Article in serial: Fowler, M. 1955. 'The Transition from the late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 75, pp 77-112. p 113.
- <4> SDR6358 Bibliographic reference: F1 JB 09-MAY-66.
- <5> SDR6556 Bibliographic reference: F2 FC 28-NOV-66.
- <6> SDR8643 Bibliographic reference: Marsden, B. 1977. The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire. p 78.
- <7> SDR5318 Bibliographic reference: 1978. DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 3. 245.
- <8> SDR9849 Index: NDAT. 1584. 1584. 1584.
- <9> SDR2882 Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. N18.
- <10> SDR2466 Unpublished document: Barnatt, J. 1989. The Peak District Barrow Survey (updated 1994). Site 9:13.
- <12> SDR18971 Photograph: Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA). Slide Collection. 10604.1-3.
- <13> SDR18970 Photograph: Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA). Black and white photograph collection. 1990: 431.34-5.
- <14> SDR20075 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 1992. Scheduling Notification. Cat. No.: 171.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 1550 5399 (32m by 27m) (Centre) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NEWTON GRANGE, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- EDR934
- EDR1464
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Record last edited
Jan 12 2015 4:51PM