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Big Moor, Derbyshire: Post-Moorland Grass Burning Archaeological Survey |
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ArcHeritage unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological landscape survey was undertaken at Big Moor following a controlled moorland grass burn, to record any newly exposed features and supplement a previous survey of the estate. New and previously recorded features were temporarily marked with flags to prevent any disturbance to the archaeological remains during further management activities. During the survey, two previously recorded features were identified and marked, a hollow way of uncertain (medieval or post-medieval) date and a stony mound which could be an unusual prehistoric clearance cairn or a later feature, perhaps associated with 20th-century military training on the moors. A further hollow way recorded in 2010/2011 could not be located on the ground. Two new features were recorded: a probable weapons pit associated with the military training and forming an outlier of a group of weapons pits previously recorded to the north; and a small rectangular cutting that appears to be fairly recent and may be associated with providing water for grazing stock. These features are consistent with others recorded in the vicinity, and suggest that the Bronze Age field systems and settlement activity recorded to the north do not extend into this area on the lower slopes and base of the valley of the Bar Brook. |
Author: |
R May
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Publisher: |
ArcHeritage
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
National Trust HBSMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2016
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Locations: |
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Big Moor |
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Derbyshire |
District: |
Derbyshire Dales |
Parish: |
BASLOW AND BUBNELL |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 427656, 374720 (Easting, Northing)
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archerit1-254990 |
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Report no. 2016/24 |
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A4 comb-bound, illustrated report.
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Created Date: |
02 Feb 2018 |