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Cairn on Bamford Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on high moorland in the Peak District of Derbyshire. The site consists of a barrow constructed from stone, typical of funerary practices during the Bronze Age when such monuments were erected as communal or individual burial places across upland regions. The cairn occupies a commanding position on Bamford Moor, reflecting the significance attached to prominent locations for interment in prehistoric Derbyshire. Such monuments are important archaeological witnesses to settlement patterns and burial practices in the Bronze Age landscape of the English uplands.
Cairn on Bamford Moor, 850m north west of Crow Chin is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018219. View the official record →
Cairn on Bamford Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on high moorland in the Peak District of Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018219.
Cairn on Bamford Moor, 850m north west of Crow Chin 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 1018219.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Grindleford Bridge (8.5 km), Little Pasture Mine (8.6 km), Long Low bowl barrow (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn on Bamford Moor, 850m north west of Crow Chin's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cairn on Bamford Moor, 850m north west of Crow Chin stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.