Source/Archive record SDR7352 - The Excavation of Barrow 4 at Swarkeston

Title	The Excavation of Barrow 4 at Swarkeston
Author/Originator	Greenfield, E
Date/Year	1960

Abstract/Summary

This was a full report of the excavation of the barrow from summer 1955 to autumn 1956. It revealed that the barrow was constructed in two phases. A small irregular shaped barrow containing an inhumation inserted into a pit. This had been covered by a larger barrow surrounded by a ditch. The larger barrow had also covered traces of earlier activity in the form of groups of stake and post holes. A robber trench had cut deep into the mound. It ontained nothing earlier than Iron Age.

Description

Derbyshire Archaeological Journal, Volume 80 (1960), 1-48

Location

Referenced Monuments (3)

MDR4378 Swarkestone Lowes Barrow Cemetery and Field System (Scheduled Monument)
MDR7304 Swarkestone Lows Barrow 4, Lowes Lane, Swarkestone (Scheduled Monument)
MDR7303 Swarkestone Lows Beaker Settlement, Lowes Lane, Swarkestone (Scheduled Monument)

Referenced Events (1)

EDR5078

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Referenced Designations (1)

Scheduled Monument 1019060: SWARKESTONE LOWS ROUND BARROW CEMETERY AND PART OF AN AGGREGATE FIELD SYSTEM 300M NORTH WEST OF THE LOWES FARM

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