[{"id": 144913, "created": "2020-07-29T09:59:43.667455", "project_id": 456, "task_id": 85123, "user_id": 580, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2020-07-29T10:20:03.746994", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"NGR": "c SK 240;629", "Site": "DERBYSHIRE;STANTON;STANTON MOOR;Doll Tor Stone Circle.", "CollHist": "Private [Items (1) and (3-17)]\r\n(Heathcote Museum, Birchover)", "Contents": "Metal\r\n(1) A few very small fragments of bronze\r\nOther\r\n(2) \"Sherds of three or four cinerary urns and as many incense cups\"\r\n(3) A burnt flint\r\n(4) Charcoal\r\n(5) Sherds of a thick, plain urn\r\n(6) Fragments of decorated pottery\r\n(7) Charcoal\r\n(8) Two small sherds of pottery\r\n(9) Four flints two of them burnt\r\n(10) Plain cinerary urn\r\n(11) Small urn\r\n(12) Three scrapers\r\n(13) Two urns\r\n(14) Flitn scraper\r\n(15) Star-shaped faience bead\r\n(16) Sherds of a fairly large urn\r\n(17) Segmented faience bead", "comments": "", "ArchiveEtc": "Rec. S.H. 18.5.81", "ContextType": "2a GRAVE", "BiblioSources": "(a) Bateman (1861a) 84\r\n(b) Beck & Stone (1936) 235 S4, 246 S49\r\n(c) Heathcote (1939) 116-125", "Circumstances": "The Doll Tor Stone Circle consists of 6 stones, 2 of them prostrate. Reference (a) records that on 10 April 1852 while walking over Stanton Moor, a few small pieces of pottery and some burnt bones were noticed in the middle of the circle, having been scatched up by rabbits. A hack and a spade were borrowed from an adjoining farm and a considerable space in the centre of the enclosure was cleared, \"where a grave had been dug for the reception of three or four urns and as many incense cups (2), all of which had been emptied of their calcined contents by former diggers, who however left the fragments\". On being re-examined by the Heathcote brotheres in excavations on Stanton Moor during 1931-1933, a burnt flint (3) was found in the disturbed area. At A1 on the plan, on the edge of the disturbed area, there was a charcoal deposit (4) enclosed by two small stones. Nearby were several fragments of a thick, plain urn (5). Adjoining the stone helping to support Stone 3, there was a further quantity of sherds from the same urn (5). At A2 on the plan fragments of decorated pottery (5) were found with charcoal (7) and the cremated remains of a child. At B on the plan there was a large deposit of cremated bones, extending to Stone 2. At Stone 1, two very small sherds of pottery (8) were found, and a few bits of bone, but insufficient to say that an interment had been made there. Four flints (9) were found in this locality. At point C on the plan, at the foot of Stone 4, a cremation was found. At point D, a plain urn (10) was found with a few burnt bones.\r\nA mound had been added to the Circle at its E. end. At E on the plan, on the edge of a large stone, a small urn (11) had been inverted over a cremation with a few very small pieces of bronze (1), and three scrapers 12) At F, at the further end of the stone, there were two urns, (13), one with the cremated bones of a child and a flint scraper (14). The stone had been expected to be the coverstone of a cist. The material under the stone was loose, and there was a cavity, but no trace of a burial. Rabbits had scratched a good deal of sand from under it. At G there was a well constructed pit containing the cremation of a child with a star-shaped faience bead (15). At H. were the remains of a cremation of a child and sherds of a fairly large urn (16). At I, there was a cremation under a large stone surrounded by a rectangular enclosure of small upright stones. This interment was accompanied by a segmented faience bead. 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SK 240 629", "Site": "Derbyshire, Stanton, Stanton Moor, Doll Tor Stone Circle", "CollHist": "Collection:\r\nPrivate: [Items (1) and (3-17)]\r\n(Heathcote Museum, Birchover)", "Contents": "Metal:\r\n(1) A few very small fragments of bronze\r\n\r\nOther:\r\n(2) \"Sherds of three or four cinerary urns and as many incense cups.\"\r\n(3) A burnt flint\r\n(4) Charcoal\r\n(5) Sherds of the thick, plain urn\r\n(6) Fragments of decorated pottery\r\n(7) Charcoal\r\n(8) Two small sherds of pottery\r\n(9) Four flints, two of them burnt\r\n(10) Plain cinerary urn\r\n(11) Small urn\r\n(12) Three scrapers\r\n(13) Two urns\r\n(14) Flint scraper\r\n(15) Star-shaped faience bead\r\n(16) Sherds of a fairly large urn\r\n(17) Segmented faience bead", "comments": "", "ArchiveEtc": "Rec.: S.H. 18.5.81", "ContextType": "2a. Grave", "BiblioSources": "(a) Bateman (1861a) 84\r\n(b) Beck & Stone (1936) 235 S4, 246 S49\r\n(c) Heathcote (1939) 116-125", "Circumstances": "     The Doll Tow Stone Circle consists of 6 stones, 2 of them prostrate. Reference (a) records that on 10 April 1852, while walking over Stanton Moor, a few small pieces of pottery and some burnt bones were noticed in the middle of the circle, having been scratched up by rabbits. A hack and a spade were borrowed from an adjoining farm and a considerable space in the centre of the enclosure was cleared, \"where a grave had been dug for the reception of three or four urns and as many incense cups (2), all of which had been emptied of their calcined contents by former diggers, who however left the fragments\". On being re-examind by the Heathcote brothers in excavations on Stanton Moor during 1931-1933, a burnt flint (2) was found in the disturbed area. At A1 on the plan, on the edge of the disturbed area, there was a charcoal deposit (4) enclosed by two small stones. Nearby were several fragments of a thick, plain urn (5). Adjoining the stone helping to support Stone 3, there was a further quantity of sherds from the same urn (5). At A2 on the plan, fragments of decorated pottery (6) were found with charcoal (7) and the cremated remains of a child. At B on the plan, there was a large deposit of cremated bones, extending to Stone 2. At Stone 1, two very small sherds of pottery (8) were found, and a few bits of bone, but insufficient to say that an internment had been made there. Four flints (9) were found in this locality. At point C on the plan, at the foot of stone 4, a cremation was found. At point D, a plain urn (10) was found with a few burnt bones.\r\n     A mound had been added to the Circle at its E end. At E on the plan, on the edge of a large stone, a small urn (11) had been inverted over a cremation with a few very small pieces of bronze (1), and three scrapers (12). At F, at the further end of the stone, there were two urns (13), one with the cremated bones of a child and a flint scraper (14). The stone had been expected to be the coverstone of a cist. The material under the stone was loose, and there was a cavity, but no traces of a burial. Rabbits had scratched a good deal of sand from under it. At G, there was a well constructed pit containing the cremation of a child with a star-shaped faience bead (15). At H,  were the remains of a cremation of a child and sherds of a fairly large urn (16). At 1, there was a cremation under a large stone surrounded by a rectangular enclosure  of small upright stones. This internment was accompanied by a segmented faience bead (17).", "FindAltSiteRel": ""}}]