Monument record 1535 - Round Cairn 110M South West Of Bartomley Farm

<1> English Heritage, Various, Schedule Entry (Scheduled Ancient Monuments Amendment) (Scheduling Record). SCH2950.

The monument includes a round cairn, marking a late Bronze Age burial, situated on the western side of the Dane Valley north of Danebridge. The structure has been built against a natural gritstone outcrop on its east side. The cairn is 17m in diameter at the base and stands about 1.8m high. It is not circular, but roughly square-shaped at the base. It is constructed of small and medium-sized stones (0.1m-0.3m in diameter) packed into a steepsided mound. The base has been truncated by ploughing in the past and on the south side a pit has been dug into the base of the mound for 6m towards the centre. In the centre of the mound, at the top, a second pit has been dug into the stones measuring 0.5m deep and 2.5m wide. These pits are the result of attempts to locate buried remains in the past. During the 19th century, ploughing close to the base of the mound revealed a number of gold objects of Roman provenance which were dispersed for sale. It is unclear whether this was a hoard, buried in difficult times at a prominent landmark for subsequent retrieval, or a votive deposit at a burial site.

<2> Barnatt J, 1989, Peak District Barrow Survey, /22:11 (Unpublished Report). SCH2591.

1988 survey records amorphous feature c.18m diam x c.1.5m high on natural knoll on sloping valley side shelf. Feature is at least partly natural with bedrock exposed at summit. Edges have been ploughed and 2 pits dug in top. May have surviving deposits. Roman finds (RN:1524) are not certainly directly associated with the barrow except that they appear to have been buried here - possibly as a hoard. Sketch plan at 1:200

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, 1980 SJ96NE9 (Index). SCH2487.

A mound south-west of Barthomley. Date uncertain and no details about shape or size. But Roman gold objects were found in the side of a square mound at SJ96406563. Could this be the same mound?