Calling Low Dale
Also known as Church Dale
Excavation
T.A. Harris & A.L. Armstrong, 1937-9.
Curation
Sheffield City Museum.
Burials
MNI: 15+ (8+ adults, 7 juveniles).
Finds
Peterborough Ware pottery, flint and chert blades and flakes, petit-tranchet-derivative arrowhead.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Neolithic | 14C date obtained on organic material closely associated with a burial, or, undated human remains closely associated with diagnostic prehistoric artifects or other datable material |
14C
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External References
| National Monuments Record | SK 16 NE 13 |
| Sites and Monument Record | 15710 |
Bibliography
Bramwell, D. (1973) Archaeology in the Peak District. Moorland Publishing Company.
Gilks, J.A. (1971) The Peterborough Ware bowl from Calling Low Dale, Derbyshire. Derbyshire Archaeological Journal 91: 37-39.
Heathcote, J.P. (1938) Excavations in Derbyshire during 1938. Derbyshire Archaeological Journal 12: 81-83.
Leask, H.G. et al. (1938) Notes on excavations in Eire, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, during 1938. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 4 (2): 314-325.
Piggott, S. (1953) Secondary neolithic burials at Church Dale, near Monyash, Derbyshire, 1937-39. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 19: 228-230.
Article Author Graham Mullan