Site record MDR1532 - Round Barrow, Middleton Moor, Middleton and Smerrill
Type and Period (3)
- CREMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- INHUMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
SK 1529 6384. A barrow excavated by William Bateman on 28th July 1824, his trench cut through the mound from north to south. Within the mound he discovered human bones and charcoal, whilst towards the centre he recovered some dogs teeth. At the centre of the barrow he uncovered two disturbed inhumations in a fragmented state, "many quite black from having undergone combustion". One skull was found on a burnt sandstone. In addition W. Bateman recovered an "iron lance or arrowhead" some three inches long, also an iron ?nail (?awl) and a circular flint (scraper?). The iron work could represent a disturbed secondary burial of Anglian (or Romano-British/Iron Age) date. (1,2,4,5).
Thomas Bateman re-excavated the barrow on 15th March 1848 and indicated that the barrow had been turned over by deep ploughing. He discovered the disturbed remains of two inhumations, a cremation, and a whetstone. A "leaf shaped arrowpoint of flint" was subsequently found on the mound after ploughing. (3,5,12).
The barrow is c.12½ metres long, c.11½ metres wide and 0.4 metres high. It has been nearly ploughed-out. Its edges are poorly defined and it is c.0.3 metres high upslope and c.0.5 metres downslope. Bateman notes that it had been under the plough previous to the first account of 1824. The original diameter cannot be estimated but the site was probably only small. (5,13).
Tumulus. (6). (Human Remains Arrowhead & etc. found). (7). Listed as a minor Anglian site. (8). The published survey (25") was revised. (9).
Sources/Archives (13)
- <1> SDR13727 Bibliographic reference: Mitchell, S. 1824. Unpublished Letters to W. Bateman dated 3-7-1824; 6-8-1824, in T. Bateman, Collectania Antiqua, section 16.
- <2> SDR11728 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 25".
- <2> SDR2903 Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1848. Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire. pp 32-33.
- <3> SDR16985 Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1861. Ten Years' Diggings in Celtic and Saxon Grave Hills. p24.
- <4> SDR9249 Bibliographic reference: Bateman, W. 1821-1832. A Description of Tumuli etc. Opened Principally at Middleton by Youlgreave. Section 15.
- <5> SDR7282 Bibliographic reference: Howarth, E. 1899. Catalogue of the Bateman Collection of Antiquities in the Sheffield Public Museum. p238.
- <6> SDR11765 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1955. 6".
- <8> SDR12503 Article in serial: Ozanne, A. 1962-3. 'The Peak Dwellers', Medieval Archaeology. Volume 6-7. p42.
- <9> SDR6372 Personal Observation: F1 JB 17-FEB-66.
- <9> SDR8270 Unpublished document: Lewis, G (University of Liverpool). 1970. The Bronze Age in the Southern Pennines. p375.
- <10> SDR8643 Bibliographic reference: Marsden, B. 1977. The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire. pp 72-73.
- <11> SDR10547 Index: NDAT. 1512. 1512.
- <12> SDR2466 Unpublished document: Barnatt, J. 1989. The Peak District Barrow Survey (updated 1994). Site 8:6.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 1529 6386 (10m by 9m) (Centre) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MIDDLETON AND SMERRILL, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (3)
- EDR24
- EDR97
- EDR1168
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Record last edited
Aug 1 2020 1:55PM