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Gib Hill
Hob Uid: 308651
Location : Derbyshire Derbyshire Dales Middleton and Smerrill
Grid Ref : SK1582063320
Summary : An Early Bronze Age round cairn on top of a Neolithic oval barrow. Excavations in 1848 revealed a cist containing a cremation and food vessel. A Neolithic flint arrowhead and axe fragment, and cremated human bones, were found associated with the oval barrow, a cist containing a cremation and a food vessel were found in association with the round barrow. An iron fibula was also found in the Neolithic barrow indicating Roman or Anglian reuse.
More information : [SK 15826332] Gib Hill (Tumulus) [L.B.] (1) Gib Hill was evacuated in 1848 by Bateman. It appears to have consisted of four small mounds merged into one. Near the top of the mass a limestone cist was found containing a cremation and food vessel. The cist was removed but replaced in 1938. Gib Hill should be dated c. 1600-1400 B.C. (2) Other finds included a flint arrowhead, an axe fragment, and a fibula.(3) (2-3) A circular, ditchless barrow, diam. 24.8 m. max. and a height of 3.0 m., with a 'tail' bank to the N.E. Apparently re-constructed by M.O.W. (4) Field report of 19.8.52 correct. Published survey (1/2500) revised. (5) The possibiltiy exists that the site consists of a Neolithic oval mound (120 x 70 ft in diameter),surmounted by an EBA round cairn 90ft across.The oval barrow is surrounded by a broad ditch or scraped area. (6-7) There have been three excavations of the barrow, by W Bateman and S Mitchell in 1824, by T Bateman in 1848, and by the then owner, Mr Thornhill in 1812. During the 1824 excavation, a smaller mound of stiff clay was found beneath the oval barrow. 3-4 yards across and 1.5 yards high, it contained layers of charcoal and cremated human bone with a possible arrowhead fragment and part of a polished axehead. Within the oval mound were found flints and an iron brooch. The latter indicates a reuse of the barrow in the Roman or Anglian periods. Thomas Bateman noted that the oval mound consisted of limestone and soil, and beneath it on the old land surface were four small clay mounds arranged in a square. Beneath the bowl barrow was a cist of early Bronze Age date. The oval barrow is therefore Neolithic. Scheduled. (8). With Arbor Low, this site is considered to be an impressive complex of prehistoric monuments. While a thorough understanding of the site and its phases is yet to be determined, it is thought that the Neolithic barrow at Gib Hill was the first element, predating Arbow Low. The Early Bronze Age round barrow at Gib Hill is thought to have been constructed after the bank and ditch of Arbor Low. These earthworks at Abor Low and Gib Hill would have taken a very long time to build and may represent around 1000 years of activity, lasting from 2500 to 1500 BC. See source for further details. (9)

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Source details : O.S. 25".
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Source details : "Guide to Prehistoric England" 1960. pp. 66-67.
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Source details : "Ten Years Digging" 1861. pp. 17-20. (illus.) (T. Bateman).
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Source details : F1 FC 19-AUG-52
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Source details : Marsden BM 1977 The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire Priv pubn 71-2
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Source details : Green HS 1980 The Flint Arrowheads of the British Isles BAR British Series 75 (ii) Oxford:BAR 433
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Source details : J Radley
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Source details : Amendment 15-Apr-1994
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Oval Barrow, Cremation
Evidence : Earthwork, Sub Surface Deposit

Monument Period Name : Early Bronze Age
Display Date : Early Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -1600
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Round Cairn, Cist, Cremation
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Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Possibly Roman
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Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Possibly early Saxon
Monument End Date : 660
Monument Start Date : 410
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Neolithic
Component Monument Type : Oval Barrow, Cremation
Object Type : AXE, ARROWHEAD
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Period : Early Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Round Cairn, Cist, Cremation
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : BROOCH
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Period : Early Medieval
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : BROOCH
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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DR 1b
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 11501
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External Cross Reference Source : EH Property Number
External Cross Reference Number : 52
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 16 SE 7
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1824-01-01
End Date : 1824-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1848-01-01
End Date : 1848-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1952-08-19
End Date : 1952-08-19

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1966-04-28
End Date : 1966-04-28

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1991-01-01
End Date : 1991-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MANAGEMENT SURVEY
Start Date : 1994-01-01
End Date : 1994-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Start Date : 1998-01-01
End Date : 1998-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 2007-11-01
End Date : 2007-11-01

Historic England Research Records

Gib Hill