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Monument record MDR6861 - Round cairn, Smelting Hill, Abney Moor, Abney and Abney Grange

Type and Period (1)

  • (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

A round cairn sited some 180m (200yds) south east of the stone circle SMR 9. (1) The dimensions, supplied by Mr A. Miller, HAS, are as follows Height 0.3m and Diameter 8m. (2)

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> Index: OS. SK 28 SW 11. SK 28 SW 11.
  • <2> Index: HAS, Miller, A S. 1955.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Marsden, B. 1977. The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire. p8.
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1848. Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire. p113.
  • <5> Bibliographic reference: Ward, J. 1905. 'Early Man', The Victoria County History, Derbyshire, Volume 1. p394.
  • <6> Index: NDAT. 0009. 0009.
  • <7> Index: Hart, C (NDAC). 1977. Peak Park Treasures B261. B261.
  • <8> Article in serial: Barnatt, J. 1987. 'Bronze Age settlement on the East Moors of the Peak District of Derbyshire & S. Yorkshire', PPS. Volume 53.

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Grid reference Centred SK 2044 8033 (10m by 10m) (Centre)
Civil Parish ABNEY AND ABNEY GRANGE, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Apr 21 2015 4:38PM

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