Monument record MDR3608 - Calton Pastures Round Barrow, 600m south-west of Calton Houses
Type and Period (1)
- BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
 
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Full Description
                         Dimensions: Dia. 20m  H. 1.6m 1 of a number of barrows on Calton Pastures, 4 of which were excavated by T bateman on 2.5.1850.  This 1 was excavated by Major Rooke in either 1779 or 1787.  A small cist with a "coarse urn" (prob. a Food Vessel) and a cremation was found.  It is clear from the monument that a trench was put through the centre.  It is now 1.2m below the top of the mound. (1)  The trench through the centre prob. by Bateman in 1850 produced pieces of a decorated pottery vessel. (11)  
                    
                Sources/Archives (11)
- <1> SDR12399 Index: OS. SK 26 NW 1. SK 26 NW 1.
 - <2> SDR9677 Index: NDAT. 0838. 0838.
 - <3> SDR8643 Bibliographic reference: Marsden, B. 1977. The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire. p32-3.
 - <4> SDR16985 Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1861. Ten Years' Diggings in Celtic and Saxon Grave Hills.
 - <5> SDR2845 Bibliographic reference: 22.
 - <6> SDR1587 Article in serial: Pegge, S. 1785. Archaeologia. vol. 7.
 - <7> SDR1002 Aerial Photograph: 1951. 28-7-1951 540/568/4070-2.
 - <8> SDR999 Aerial Photograph: 1950.
 - <9> SDR9675 Index: NDAT. 0836. 0836.
 - <10> SDR2240 Artifact:
 - <11> SDR9250 Unpublished document: Mitchell, S.
 
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 2413 6806 (25m by 25m) (Approximate) | 
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | EDENSOR, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE | 
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Record last edited
Sep 26 2013 3:16PM