Bronze Age burial, ceremonial and settlement remains on Stanton Moor, and evidence for medieval, post-medieval and 19th to early 20th century activity

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History & significance

Stanton Moor is a Bronze Age ceremonial and burial landscape in Derbyshire containing numerous barrows, cairns, and associated settlement features dating from the second millennium BCE. The moor preserves evidence of intensive prehistoric use, including round barrows and ritual monuments that demonstrate the importance of this upland location for funerary and ceremonial practices during the Bronze Age. Subsequent activity on the site includes medieval and post-medieval land use, with evidence of later agricultural management and modification dating from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The monument complex represents a significant palimpsest of human activity spanning from the Bronze Age through to the modern period, reflecting changing patterns of settlement and land use across three millennia.

Bronze Age burial, ceremonial and settlement remains on Stanton Moor, and evidence for medieval, post-medieval and 19th to early 20th century activity is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009300. View the official record →

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