Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 850m south of Calton Houses
List Entry Summary
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Name: Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 850m south of Calton Houses
List entry Number: 1007998
Location
The monument may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Derbyshire
District: Derbyshire Dales
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Edensor
National Park: PEAK DISTRICT
Grade: Not applicable to this List entry.
Date first scheduled: 16-Feb-1994
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: RSM
UID: 23255
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List entry Description
Summary of Monument
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Reasons for Designation
Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments
dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most
examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as
earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple
burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often
acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar,
although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form
and a diversity of burial practices. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl
barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring
across most of lowland Britain. Often occupying prominent locations, they are
a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable
variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early
prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period
and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of
protection.
All the barrows on Calton Pastures have been disturbed by excavation but all
are nevertheless reasonably well preserved and retain substantial areas of
intact archaeological deposits.
History
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Details
The monument is one of a dispersed alignment of five bowl barrows situated on
Calton Pastures in the eastern gritstone moorlands of Derbyshire. It includes
a roughly circular flat-topped mound measuring 21m by 19m and standing c.1m
high. A partial excavation of the barrow was carried out by Thomas Bateman in
1850 when a disturbed sandstone cist or grave was found containing the remains
of a cremation and some burnt lead ore. The discoveries date the barrow to the
Bronze Age.
MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.
Selected Sources
Books and journals
Barnatt, J, The Peak District Barrow Survey (1989), (1989)
Barnatt, J, The Peak District Barrow Survey (1989), (1989)
Bateman, T, Ten Years Diggings in Celtic and Saxon Grave-Hills, (1861), 64-65
National Grid Reference: SK 24462 67628
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