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Monument record MDR6425 - Neolithic burials, Ash Tree Cave

Type and Period (3)

  • (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Full Description

SK 51487614 Ash Tree Cave, Neolithic Phase. Excavations by Armstrong revealed 3 Neolithic burials, comprising 3 separate deposits of disarticulated bone. Each represented 2 individuals, 2 deposits were beneath stone heaps, another in a cist. All were accompanied by flint flakes. (1) Additional sources (2-10) Associated with SMR sites 15123, 15125, 15126, 15127 (different phases of activity). Scheduled (11)

Sources/Archives (10)

  • <1> Monograph: Jenkinson, R. 1984. Creswell Crags: Late Pleistocene Sites in the East Midlands, British Archaeological Reports 122.
  • <2> Index: North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust (NDAT). North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust Index: 1954. 1954.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Armstrong, A. 1939. Report of the Committee for the Archaeological Exploration of Derbyshire, Dundee, 1939.
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: West, S (East Midlands Committee of Field Archaeologists). 1959. East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin, 1959. p 2.
  • <5> Article in serial: Armstrong, A. 1956. 'Report on the Excavation of Ash Tree Cave, near Whitwell, Derbyshire 1949-57', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Vol. 76, pp 57-64.
  • <6> Article in serial: Armstrong, A. 1957. Report of the Excavation of Ash Tree Cave, near Whitwell, Derbyshire.
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: Marsden, B. 1977. The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire. p114.
  • <8> Article in serial: Armstrong, A. 1949. 'Exploration of prehistoric sites in East Derbyshire, 1949', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 22, pp 69-73.
  • <9> Article in serial: Armstrong, A. 1953. 'Excavation of prehistoric sites in East Derbyshire, 1953', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 74, pp 102-104.
  • <11> Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1991. Scheduling Notification. 13240.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 5148 7614 (39m by 30m) (Centre)
Civil Parish WHITWELL, BOLSOVER, DERBYSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • EDR232
  • EDR242
  • EDR682

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Record last edited

Jun 12 2017 4:40PM

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