Reasons for Designation
Long barrows were constructed as earthen or drystone mounds with flanking
ditches and acted as funerary monuments during the Early and Middle Neolithic
periods (3400-2400 BC). They represent the burial places of Britain's early
farming communities and, as such, are amongst the oldest field monuments
surviving visibly in the present landscape. Where investigated, long barrows
appear to have been used for communal burial, often with only parts of the
human remains having been selected for interment. Certain sites provide
evidence for several phases of funerary monument preceding the barrow and,
consequently, it is probable that long barrows acted as important ritual sites
for local communities over a considerable period of time. Some 500 long
barrows are recorded in England. As one of the few types of Neolithic
structure to survive as earthworks, and due to their comparative rarity, their
considerable age and their longevity as a monument type, all long barrows are
considered to be nationally important.
Details
The monument is situated on the limestone plateau of Derbyshire, north of Wye
Dale, and includes a Bronze Age bowl barrow and a Neolithic long barrow within
a single constraint area. The bowl barrow is a roughly circular mound with a
diameter of c.15m and a height of c.1m. It is superimposed on the south-
eastern end of the long barrow which is c.0.5m high and measures c.40m long
from north-west to south-east and ranges from c.20m at the wider, south-
eastern end to c.10m at the narrower, north-western end. There has been no
definitely recorded excavation of the monument but both barrows have been
identified by their form and by their similarity to other known examples, by
which the monument can be dated to the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. Both
barrows have been somewhat disturbed by stone robbing, either for walling at
the time of the Enclosures or to feed the limekiln in the adjacent field. The
drystone wall crossing the northern edge of the monument is excluded from the
scheduling but the ground underneath is included.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number:
13354
Legacy System:
RSM
Sources
Books and journals
Legal
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.
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