NGR: SK 0997 6618
NMR: SK 06 NE 7
SMR: 29020
SAM: Dr 284, 13242
DCR: 439
Excavation: S.G.B. Birks and B.S. Furneaux, 1928-9. D. Bramwell, 1961-1981.
Curation: Buxton Museum.
Burials: MNI: 5 (3 adults, 2 juveniles).
Finds: Peterborough ware, Early Bronze Age pottery, Group VI stone axe, flint microliths; Romano-British artefacts; animal bones.
Date: : Early Neolithic (1)
14C: 5185 bp (OxA-9805), 5485 (OxA-9929) on human bone; 11,970 bp (OxA-1493); 12,000 bp (OxA-1494) on worked antler.
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