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Cairn on Harland Edge

England
List entry 1011795
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011795
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SK 29700 68227
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairn on Harland Edge is a Bronze Age burial cairn situated in Derbyshire. The monument comprises a mound of stone which represents a funerary structure characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such cairns served as burial markers for individuals of social standing within their communities. The site's survival as an earthwork and stone feature provides evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary practices in the upland regions of the Peak District.

Cairn on Harland Edge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011795. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairn on Harland Edge?

Cairn on Harland Edge is a Bronze Age burial cairn situated in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011795.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairn on Harland Edge?

Cairn on Harland Edge 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 1011795.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairn on Harland Edge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Millclose engine house and associated features, 570m south west of Cowley Hall (7.5 km), Lumsdale Mills and associated water management features (7.5 km), Moated site and fishponds 300m north east of Snitterton Hall (7.9 km).

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Monuments
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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

Old Millclose engine house and associated features, 570m south west of Cowley Hall
7.5 km
Lumsdale Mills and associated water management features
7.5 km
Moated site and fishponds 300m north east of Snitterton Hall
7.9 km
Matlock Bridge
8 km
Mount Pleasant lead mines, immediately south of Wensley
8.1 km
Northern Dale lead mines
8.1 km
Lead workings in High Tor Recreation Ground
9.3 km
Two lead mines known as Winster Pitts and Drummer's Venture
9.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairn on Harland Edge

Cairn on Harland Edge 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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