Scheduled MonumentsEnglandCairnfield 860m north east of Ramsley Lodge

Cairnfield 860m north east of Ramsley Lodge

England
List entry 1017116
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017116
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.55 hectares
Grid reference
SK 29090 75457
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairnfield 860m north east of Ramsley Lodge is a Bronze Age ceremonial or funerary monument located in Derbyshire. The site comprises a group of cairns, which are mounds of stones characteristic of prehistoric burial practices across upland Britain. Such monuments typically date to the Bronze Age, roughly 2200 to 800 BCE, and represent significant ritual and memorial landscapes of that period. The cairnfield's location on higher ground reflects the Bronze Age practice of positioning burial monuments in prominent upland positions, often as part of larger ritual complexes scattered across the moorland.

Cairnfield 860m north east of Ramsley Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017116. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairnfield 860m north east of Ramsley Lodge?

Cairnfield 860m north east of Ramsley Lodge is a Bronze Age ceremonial or funerary monument located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017116.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairnfield 860m north east of Ramsley Lodge?

Cairnfield 860m north east of Ramsley Lodge 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 1017116.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairnfield 860m north east of Ramsley Lodge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnfield with enclosure, house platform and ring cairn 800m north east of Raven Tor (7.7 km), Medieval cross base 780m south west of Arkwright Plantation (7.8 km), Cairnfield 700m north east of Raven Tor (8.1 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairnfield 860m north east of Ramsley Lodge

Cairnfield 860m north east of Ramsley Lodge 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.