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Cairn on Bamford Moor, 975m north east of Clough House

England
List entry 1018217
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018217
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SK 21390 84775
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairn on Bamford Moor, 975 metres north-east of Clough House, is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on the moorland of Derbyshire. The monument survives as a cairn, a mound of stones constructed to mark and cover a burial or burials, typical of funerary practices during the Bronze Age period. Its location on upland moorland reflects the pattern of prehistoric burial sites distributed across the Pennine regions of northern England. The precise date of construction and contents of the cairn are not definitively documented in the available archaeological record.

Cairn on Bamford Moor, 975m north east of Clough House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018217. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairn on Bamford Moor, 975m north east of Clough House?

Cairn on Bamford Moor, 975 metres north-east of Clough House, is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on the moorland of Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018217.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairn on Bamford Moor, 975m north east of Clough House?

Cairn on Bamford Moor, 975m north east of Clough House 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 1018217.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairn on Bamford Moor, 975m north east of Clough House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tup Low bowl barrow (8.2 km), Lead smelt mill and wood-drying kiln in Froggatt Wood, 550m south of Haywood Farm (8.2 km), Anglian high cross in St Laurence's churchyard (8.4 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Tup Low bowl barrow
8.2 km
Lead smelt mill and wood-drying kiln in Froggatt Wood, 550m south of Haywood Farm
8.2 km
Anglian high cross in St Laurence's churchyard
8.4 km
Stoke Flat West prehistoric field system and stone circle
9 km
Froggatt Bridge
9.2 km
Stoke Flat East prehistoric field system
9.2 km
Stoke Flat South prehistoric field system
9.7 km
Round cairn on Curbar Edge
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairn on Bamford Moor, 975m north east of Clough House

Cairn on Bamford Moor, 975m north east of Clough House stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Bamford, Derbyshire →
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