Monument record MDR8497 - Burial cairn (T26), Stanton Moor

[SK 2492 6299]: T26. This feature first appears in the archaeological record depicted on a location map of numbered 'tumuli' on Stanton Moor. (1) Although no excavation report was published for this cairn, it is known that complete excavation was undertaken by the Heathcotes, probably during the period 1934-1938. (2) Information gathered from the Heathcote Collection in Sheffield City Museum indicate that fragments of a collared urn and fragments of a bronze pin were recovered. (3, 4) Subsequent field investigation by the OS Archaeology Division in 1966 failed to identify the remains of this cairn. (5) A later survey identifies a feature at the position for T26 on Heathcote's map, and describes it as an excavated pear-shaped cairn 4.5m by 3m. (6) Further surveys indicate that T26 had been dug prior to the Heathcote excavation and gives measurements of 4.6m by 2.7m and 1.5m height (7); that after excavation it was restored and is described as egg-shaped, measuring 4.5m by 3m (8). SK 24917 62986: BURIAL CAIRN. The monuments is a low, almost pear-shaped cairn, measuring 4.4m by 2.8m and 0.3m high. It is revetted by a kerb of mostly loose, larger stones. Circumscribing the mound is a Heathcote excavation delineation trench, however there is a spread of earth which may be part of the original cairn which can be discerned beyond the delineation trench. (9)