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Cairnfield 630m north east of Stanage House is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the moorland of the Peak District in Derbyshire. The site comprises a group of cairns, which are burial mounds constructed from stone, reflecting the funerary practices of Bronze Age communities in the upland regions of northern England. Such cairnfields are characteristic of the period roughly 2000 to 700 BC, when the construction of stone burial monuments was a dominant practice across British uplands. The monument's survival in its moorland setting preserves evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial customs in the Pennine landscape.
Cairnfield 630m north east of Stanage House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018482. View the official record →
Cairnfield 630m north east of Stanage House is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the moorland of the Peak District in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018482.
Cairnfield 630m north east 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 1018482.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow and wayside cross WSW of Pilsley (8 km), Fin Cop promontory fort, bowl barrow and eighteenth century lime kiln with associated quarry (8.7 km), Ashford Bridge (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairnfield 630m north east 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 630m north east 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.