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Cairnfield, located 580 metres east-north-east of Stanage House in Derbyshire, is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising a scatter of cairns across upland terrain. The site represents a characteristic example of prehistoric burial practice in the Peak District, where communal or successive interments were marked by stone accumulations on the moorland landscape. The cairns remain substantially visible despite the passage of millennia and moorland management, preserving evidence of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in this region of the Pennines.
Cairnfield, 580m ENE of Stanage House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018734. View the official record →
Cairnfield, located 580 metres east-north-east of Stanage House in Derbyshire, is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising a scatter of cairns across upland terrain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018734.
Cairnfield, 580m ENE of Stanage 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 1018734.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Promontory fort south of Ballcross Farm (9.2 km), Holm Bridge (9.3 km), Motte and bailey castle on Castle Hill (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairnfield, 580m ENE of Stanage House'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.
Cairnfield, 580m ENE of Stanage House stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.