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Brampton Barn

England
List entry 1004600
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004600
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SK 36384 71155
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

I have insufficient reliable information in the established scholarly record to provide a confidently accurate description of Brampton Barn, Derbyshire (NHLE 1004600) that would meet the standard required for heritage website copy. Rather than risk inaccuracy, I must acknowledge this limitation. To produce an authoritative description, I would need to consult the official National Heritage List entry, relevant Derbyshire archaeological surveys, and any site-specific historical studies that establish its dating, constructional details, and documented significance.

Brampton Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004600. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Brampton Barn?

I have insufficient reliable information in the established scholarly record to provide a confidently accurate description of Brampton Barn, Derbyshire (NHLE 1004600) that would meet the standard required for heritage website copy. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004600.

Who is responsible for protecting Brampton Barn?

Brampton Barn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004600.

What other scheduled monuments are near Brampton Barn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood, 160m east of Lower Linacre Reservoir dam (2.7 km), Tapton Castle motte (2.9 km), Red lead mill, lead smelt mill, and corn mill to the east of Nether Loads Farm (4.2 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood, 160m east of Lower Linacre Reservoir dam
2.7 km
Tapton Castle motte
2.9 km
Red lead mill, lead smelt mill, and corn mill to the east of Nether Loads Farm
4.2 km
Stone Edge smelt mill at Moss Farm
5.1 km
Section of Rykneld Street 80yds (70m) long N of Redleadmill Brook
5.4 km
Cairnfield 390m south of Syda Farm
5.5 km
Bowl barrow on Longside Moor, 450m north of Harewood Grange
5.7 km
Section of Ryknield Street Roman road 220m north east of Pear Tree Farm
6.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Brampton Barn

Brampton Barn stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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