Find Spot record MDR2044 - Fissure Burial, west of Netherdale Farm, Little Longstone
Type and Period (1)
- CROUCHED INHUMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Human skeleton found with a circular flint implement in a natural cavity in the tufa stone, a little way above the footbridge, in Monsal Dale. (1).
[SK1812 7183] Human Remains &c. found. (3). Flint Implements found. (4).
T. Bateman visited the site 5m above River Wye. The inhumation was in sitting position and accompanied by pieces of worked flint and chert, as well as some animal bone. (7)
A burial found by workmen in May 1954 in a natural fissure near to the footbridge in Monsal Dale. Bateman visited the site shortly after its discovery. The fissure was 5m above the River Wye an contained a crouched inhumation accompanied by flints and chert and animal bone. (8).
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SDR16985 Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1861. Ten Years' Diggings in Celtic and Saxon Grave Hills. p 90.
- <2> SDR8089 Bibliographic reference: Jewitt, L. 1870. Grave Mounds and their Contents. pp 27-28.
- <3> SDR11761 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1923. 6".
- <4> SDR11794 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1955. 6".
- <5> SDR8270 Unpublished document: Lewis, G (University of Liverpool). 1970. The Bronze Age in the Southern Pennines. p 547.
- <6> SDR8643 Bibliographic reference: Marsden, B. 1977. The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire. p 113.
- <7> SDR14100 Index: NDAT. 1403. 1403.
- <8> SDR20307 Unpublished document: Bevan, B (PDNPA). 1994. Brushfield Hough, Brushfield, Great Longstone, Ashford, Taddington and Sheldon Parishes, Derbyshire, Archaeological Survey, 1994. No. 62, p 20.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 1810 7180 (10m by 10m) (Centre) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LITTLE LONGSTONE, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Aug 12 2013 11:29AM