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Cairn on Bamford Moor, 680 metres north of High Lees Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the moorland of the High Peak district in Derbyshire. The cairn comprises a mound of stones constructed as a burial marker, typical of Bronze Age funerary practices in the upland regions of the Pennines. Its position on open moorland, characteristic of many Peak District cairns, reflects the use of such elevated and visible locations for commemorating the dead during the Bronze Age period. The monument remains an important archaeological record of ritual and burial practices in prehistoric Derbyshire.
Cairn on Bamford Moor, 680m north of High Lees Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018091. View the official record →
Cairn on Bamford Moor, 680 metres north of High Lees Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the moorland of the High Peak district in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018091.
Cairn on Bamford Moor, 680m north of High Lees Farm 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 1018091.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Anglian high cross in St Laurence's churchyard (8 km), Stoke Flat West prehistoric field system and stone circle (8.6 km), Froggatt Bridge (8.8 km).
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