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Monument record MDR11534 - ?Barrow, 318m south of Grundy House, Great Hucklow

Type and Period (1)

  • ? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

SK 1686 7708: Possible barrow identified by John Barnatt during field survey. (1). Low amorphous mound with a hollow in the middle, truncated by a field boundary wall adjacent to the Grindleford to Tideswell Turnpike. This mound is possibly a prehistoric barrow. It is approximately twelve and half metres wide and up to 0.4 metres high. Two barrows were noted by Mitchell in the 19th century in the vicinity of Hucklow Hall, it is possible that this is one of them. (2).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Barnatt, J. 1989. The Peak District Barrow Survey (updated 1994). Site 3.15.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Ullathorne, A (PDNPA). 2001. Grundy Farm, Great Hucklow and Litton, Derbyshire, archaeological survey, 2001. No. 9, p 3.

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Location

Grid reference SK 16864 77081 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT HUCKLOW, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 3 2008 10:07AM

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