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Green Low
Hob Uid: 310757
Location : Derbyshire Derbyshire Dales Aldwark
Grid Ref : SK2315058040
Summary : A late Neolithic chambered round barrow. Roman coins and pottery were found in the entrance passage. A Prehistoric cairn is visible as earthwork on air photographs. Remnants are still extant on Google.Earth.com 2000 imagery (accessed on 25th January 2010).
More information : [SK 23155804] TUMULUS [O.E.] (1) [SK 23155804] Green Low, a chambered round barrow opened by Bateman 19th. July 1843. Bateman's description and Manby's plan [AO/LP/62/37] show clearly that it is this barrow. (2-4) Excavated by T.G.Manby, July 1964. A late Neolithic round cairn with a facade of coursed limestone blocks on the south side, central to which is the chamber entrance. The present of Roman coins (SK 25 NW 25) and pottery indicate the passage and possibly the chamber were entered in the late 3rd.c. (5) Resurveyed at 1/2500. (6) Additional reference. (7) A Prehistoric cairn is visible as earthwork on air photographs, centred at SK 2315 5803. Remnants are still extant on Google.Earth.com 2000 imagery (accessed on 25th January 2010). (8)

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Source details : O.S. 6" 1955
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Source details : Daniel G E 1950 Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales p182
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Source details : J Derbyshire Archaeol Nat Hist Soc 78 1958 pp34-5 (T.G. Manby)
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Source details : Bateman T 1848 Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire p44
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Source details : Derbyshire Archaeol J 84 1964 p131 notes
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Source details : F1 BHS 26-APR-66
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Source details : Marsden B M 1977 The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire p3 Priv pubn
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : NMR SK 2358/6 NMR 17431/2 21-JAN-2000
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Chambered Round Cairn, Cairn
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : COIN, VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DR 198
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Derbyshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 105
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 25 NW 1
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1843-01-01
End Date : 1843-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1963-01-01
End Date : 1964-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1966-04-26
End Date : 1966-04-26

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2009-05-05
End Date : 2010-06-15

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Green Low