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Monument record MDR3737 - Cairns (12) - see summary

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Group of cairns on Stanton Moor [SK 2475 6287] T.6. Cairn, 14 ft. in diam, excavated 1930 when the disturbed centre was found to contain fragments of overhanging rim urn and cremated bone and another burial was found on the E. edge, beside a ring of stones which edged the cairn. An extension on the S.W. covered a collared urn containing a cremation. [ SK 2479 6290] T.7. A cairn of sandy soil and stones, 14ft. across and 2 ft. high; it was ringed with larger stones. There were 3 cremation burials, 1 at the centre. One of the others was contained in a collared urn. [SK 2476 6286] T.22. Cairn, diam; 17ft, height 2 1/2 ft. with a stone ring around it. There were 2 burials here, neither central. One was deposited in a collared urn. [SK 2474 6285] T.23. Only 8 ft. in diam. and added late to the group of cairns around it. There was a pile of burnt bones under a stone at the centre. No excavation reports have been published for:- [SK 2481 6287] T.27 [SK 2480 6284] T.28 [SK 2475 6285] T.44 [SK 2475 6286] T.45 [SK 2475 6286] T.46 [SK 2477 6285] T.47 [SK 2481 6284] T.48 [SK 2471 6285] Burial mound (3) (1-3) A cluster of cairns centred at SK 2476 6288 has been so completely excavated that nothing remains but circular depressions, partially infilled and surrounded by haphazard heaps of stones. (4) The remains of cairns nos. 65,6,44,45,46,22,28,&47. surveyed at 1/2,500. No trace of the remaining four cairns was seen. (5) NGR: SK 24757 62889

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: Ainsworth, S (RCHME). 1987. Stanton Moor, Derbyshire, A Catalogue of Archaeological Monuments, Part 1. T6.
  • --- Article in serial: Heathcote, J. 1936. 'Further Excavations on Stanton Moor' Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 57, pp 21-42. p21-5, 40.
  • <2> Article in serial: Heathcote, J. 1939. 'Excavations on Stanton Moor', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 60, N. S. 13. p113-5.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Thomas, N. 1960. A Guide to Prehistoric England. p69-71.
  • <4> Personal Observation: F1 RWE 20-NOV-62.
  • <5> Bibliographic reference:
  • <6> Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1995. Scheduling Notification. 23315.

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Civil Parish STANTON, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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  • EDR981
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Sep 2 2003 9:40AM

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