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Monument Number 308642
Hob Uid: 308642
Location : Derbyshire Derbyshire Dales Youlgreave
Grid Ref : SK1916064730
Summary : Bee Low-Bowl barrow-primary crem,secondary beaker burials
More information : SK 1916 6473 BEE LOW O.E. (1) (Human Remains. Cist & etc. found) T.I. (2) Bee Low, a tree-covered bowl barrow, upwards of twenty yards diameter, on Meadow-place Farm was excavated 16.6.1843 & 3.5.1851. In the first excavation the primary deposit was found at the centre consisting of a cremation with a bone pin and nearby fragments of a beaker. Above this was a disturbed secondary inhumation. Two crouched burials (one in a stone lined grave) were found in the second excavation, accompanied by bronze awls, an 'A' beaker and a flint knife; also a cist contained a cremation in the top levels with a bronze awl and an inhumation at the bottom. (3-5) Max. height 1.5m. Published survey (25") revised. (6) Additional references. (7)(8)

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Source details : O.S.6" 1955.
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Source details : O.S. 25"
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Source details : 'Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derby' 1848 35 (T Bateman)
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Source details : 'Ten Years' Diggings....,' 1861, pp. 71-4, illus (T Bateman)
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Source details : 'Bronze Age Pottery' 1 1912 56 88 fig 52 (J Abercromby)
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Source details : F1 JB 17-FEB-66
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : Antiquities J 5 1070 186-215
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : Burial Mounds of Derbyshire 1977 101-2 (BM Marsden) Priv pubn
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow, Burial
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DR 196
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 16 SE 4
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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 : 1851-01-01
End Date : 1851-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1966-01-01
End Date : 1968-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1966-02-17
End Date : 1966-02-17

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 308642