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Stones Forum >> StoneLow Farm (cup marked stone) Derbyshire?
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StoneLow Farm (cup marked stone) Derbyshire? |
DavidCarr
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|  Posted 26-03-2004 at 19:44
I wrote to Derbyshire County Council to ask what they had on rock art in the county and they sent me some information from the Derbyshire CC: Historic Building, Sites and Monuments Record. One of the sites they refer to is called 'Stonelow Farm'. Its grid reference is SK 290716 and the only description they give is:
"2 cup-marked stones lying in the stack yard near the barrow' "
They give these references:
(1) Index: NDAT 2860, 2860, NDAT, ,
(2) Bibliographic reference: Descriptive Text, , Radley, J and Ramm, H RCHM, ,
Anybody have any information about this site or the cup marked stones in this area? Any help would be very much appreciated.
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Dave
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Anonymous
User not Registered |  Posted 27-03-2004 at 00:18
Hey up,
The stones from Stoney Low are long lost....the only reference to them came from a dude named Hugo Reads in the 19th Century.....What happened to them is a mystery....
nice one
stu.
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Vicky
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| Posted 27-03-2004 at 18:08
There's an excellent article on Peak District Rock Art by John Barnatt in the Derbyshire Archaeological Journal, vol 102, 1982. The entry for Stone Low Farm is as follows:
'A nineteenth century letter from Hugo Reads notes that urns were found with two cupmarked stones lying in the stackyard near a barrow. He illustrated one [this is pictured in the DAJ on pg 40 and looks like a little smiley face]; it is difficult to determine if this is a genuine carving and it does not survive. Bateman notes that the barrow in the stackyard was dug in 1830; it contained two large urns holding cremations, flints and a miniature cup. It is likely to be the same barrow; the carved stones may have been part of the cist.'
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Vicky
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DavidCarr
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|  Posted 28-03-2004 at 12:18
Thanks alot. I'll be off to Buxton library tomorrow to have a look at the picture. Thanks very much for the help
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Vicky
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| Posted 28-03-2004 at 12:21
Good luck with the resaerch - I've spent many an hour myself looking at the DAJ in Buxton library 
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Vicky
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Thanks alot. I'll be off to Buxton library tomorrow to have a look at the picture. Thanks very much for the help
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