NGR: SK 0500 7251
NMR: SK 07 SW 1
SMR: 2827
SSSI: 457
DCR: 322
Excavation: F. Redfern, 1854-1887; D. Bramwell, 1981-84.
Curation: Buxton Museum, Poole's Cavern Museum; Manchester Museum.
Burials: MNI: 7+
Finds: Flint tools, Romano-British artefacts, animal bones.
Date: Assumed Romano-British or Medieval (4).
14C: -
Bibliography:
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