Monument record MDR1110 - Crake Low, remains of barrow, Tissington
Type and Period (4)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- INHUMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- CREMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- CIST (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A mutilated barrow called Crake Low was examined on the 6th July 1848, revealing a cremation and the inhumation of a young person found in a rough limestone cist. The cremation was accompanied by one burnt flint and the inhumation by calcined flints. Between the two sets of skeletal remains was a small vase of rough clay, identified as a food vessel of Manby's Type 4 (ii). Two skeletons and another undecorated vase were found in the opening of a stone quarry near the edge of the mound in 1850. (2,5,9). Bateman describes one of the vessels as a 'small unornamented vase'. (1). Howarth describes a vessel as 'plain and cup-shaped, of thick clay, containing calcined bones. 5½ inches high, 5 inches in diameter at the top and 2¾ inches in diameter at the base'. (4). The 1st edition Ordnance Survey map records Crake Low as being the site of an urn, gold coins and human remains found in A.D. 1866. (3).
The published survey (25") is correct. Presently the mound is under pasture and has spread widely. (6). Listed in the survey as a barrow destroyed by stone-robbers. (7). Barnatt suggests that the mound he records at this location (9:D) does not fit with Bateman's description. It may correspond to 9:30. (8). Crake Low barrow has been plotted using the Ordnance Survey maps and this is the location of Barnatt's barrow 9:D. (10).
Sources/Archives (10)
- <1> SDR2859 Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1855. Lomberdale Hall Catalogue N89; 074. N89; O74.
- <2> SDR16985 Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1861. Ten Years' Diggings in Celtic and Saxon Grave Hills. pp 37-38.
- <3> SDR12014 Map: 1898. OS 25", first edition.
- <4> SDR7282 Bibliographic reference: Howarth, E. 1899. Catalogue of the Bateman Collection of Antiquities in the Sheffield Public Museum. p 126, photographs.
- <5> SDR8479 Article in serial: Manby, T. 1957. 'Food vessels of the Peak District', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 77, pp 1-29. p 24.
- <6> SDR6380 Personal Observation: F1 JB 20-MAY-66.
- <7> SDR8643 Bibliographic reference: Marsden, B. 1977. The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire. pp 97-98.
- <8> SDR2466 Unpublished document: Barnatt, J. 1989. The Peak District Barrow Survey (updated 1994). Sites 9:D, 9:30.
- <9> SDR9933 Index: NDAT. 1935. 1935. 1935.
- <10> SDR20034 Personal Observation: Thornton, A. Personal observation, map evidence, field visit etc..
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 1723 5343 (14m by 13m) (Centre) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TISSINGTON, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- EDR3785
- EDR1266
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Record last edited
Mar 18 2015 9:16AM