Details

One of two cairns at Gospel Hillocks, lying c.100m apart. Measuring
14m x 13m in diameter and c.1m high, it was opened in 1896 and found to
contain a pit under a large slab in which the primary burial had been
laid: a crouched inhumation covered with a mixture of clay, leaves and
charcoal and associated with burnt bones. Two later disturbed
inhumations were found near the turf, along with flint flakes and
additional burnt bones.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

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Reasons for Scheduling

The cairn is a well-preserved and rare example of an upland
Neolithic/Bronze Age burial monument and is part of the rich Bronze Age
landscape of the Peak District. Its proximity to an an earlier example
is of additional importance. Excavation in the nineteenth century
suggests the cairn was utilised over a long period of time, with
secondary burials being inserted after the primary pit burial. Despite
these early explorations, a significant proportion of undisturbed
deposits are anticipated to survive within the cairn and the ditch. In
addition, the ancient land surface will be preserved under the cairn.

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Sources

Books and journals
Barnatt, J, The Peak District Barrow Survey (1989), (1989)
Ward, J, 'Proc. Soc. Antiquities' in Proc. Soc. Antiquities (Volume 17), , Vol. 17, (1899), 310-12

Source: Historic England