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Monument record MDR6790 - Riley, Bronze Age Occupation

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Bateman records the presence of a 'very large' stone circle with a surrounding earthen bank and 1-2 entrances, associated with two round cairns. Several arrowheads were also found in an urn prior to 1828. The stone circle and cairns were destroyed 1848. (1)

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  • <1> Index: NDAT. 0907. 0907.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1848. Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire. p114.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Marsden, B. 1977. The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire. p35.

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Grid reference Centred SK 22 77 (1000m by 1000m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish EYAM, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Jan 14 2000 12:00AM

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