Monument record MDR89 - Round Barrow, Brown Edge, Hartington Middle Quarter
Type and Period (3)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- PIT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- INHUMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A small mound, Dowel or Dower, on the summit of a hill called Brownedge, near Church Sterndale, was opened by Thomas Bateman on 10th July 1848. It covered a grave pit, 3 feet deep, cut into the sandstone, containing an inhumation accompanied by a Beaker, of Type A or Clarke's S3. Also present was a V-perforated jet button. These are now in Sheffield City Museum. (2,7,11,12). A small mound, about 2ft above ground level, on the summit of a hill called Brownedge, near Church Sterndale was opened 10th July 1848. It covered a grave cut in the sandstone containing an inhumation accompanied by an 'A' Beaker and a V- perforated jet button. (4-6). Not located. (8).
Close to Dow Low the mound was quarried away. A primary skeleton in decayed condition was found in a rock-grave with a Late Southern beaker, eastern cylinder-necked variant, a jet button, flint knife and an arrow-point. (Probable duplication of SK 06 NE 33). [There is no record of SK 06 NE 33]. (9,10).
Bateman's excavation on 10th July 1848 of a small barrow on Brown Edge near Dowel, Church Sterndale was noted as being on sandstone. Only one small outcrop occurs centred at SK 068 679 on the crest of a hill. The only extant mound today is a ploughed-down rise crossed by a wall, and the site excavated must be either this, or another now gone in the immediate vicinity. The rock-cut grave also contained two flints. A drawing in (1) suggests these were a Petit Tranchet Derivative arrowhead and a flint knife. (13).
Sources/Archives (13)
- <1> SDR2903 Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1848. Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire.
- <2> SDR2980 Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1855. Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities at Lomberdale House. G138, I 176, N90.
- <3> SDR2980 Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1855. Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities at Lomberdale House.
- <4> SDR16985 Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1861. Ten Years' Diggings in Celtic and Saxon Grave Hills. p38.
- <5> SDR7282 Bibliographic reference: Howarth, E. 1899. Catalogue of the Bateman Collection of Antiquities in the Sheffield Public Museum. p141.
- <6> SDR846 Bibliographic reference: Abercromby, J. 1912. Bronze Age Pottery of the British Isles Volume 1. Volume 1. p56, 63, 88.
- <7> SDR6834 Article in serial: Fowler, M. 1955. 'The Transition from the late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 75, pp 77-112.
- <8> SDR6328 Personal Observation: F1 FRH 25-FEB-66.
- <9> SDR3966 Bibliographic reference: Clarke, D. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. p2, 395, 478, 547, illust.
- <10> SDR8643 Bibliographic reference: Marsden, B. 1977. The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire. p54.
- <11> SDR16373 Bibliographic reference: Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 31, 41.
- <12> SDR14493 Index: NDAT. 1056. 1056.
- <13> SDR2466 Unpublished document: Barnatt, J. 1989. The Peak District Barrow Survey (updated 1994). Site7:9.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 0685 6791 (132m by 133m) (Centre) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HARTINGTON MIDDLE QUARTER, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
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- EDR521
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Record last edited
Mar 9 2015 10:23AM