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Cairnfield and field system 560m east of Park Gate Farm

England
List entry 1018999
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018999
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.01 hectares
Grid reference
SK 27670 71111
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairnfield and field system 560m east of Park Gate Farm is a Bronze Age monument located in Derbyshire, comprising scattered cairns and associated field boundaries. The site represents evidence of prehistoric land use and settlement patterns, with the cairns likely functioning as burial monuments or territorial markers within the broader landscape. The field system indicates organized agricultural activity during the Bronze Age, reflecting the development of farming communities in the Pennine region. The monument survives as earthwork remains and stone features that contribute to understanding Bronze Age settlement and land management practices in the Peak District area.

Cairnfield and field system 560m east of Park Gate Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018999. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairnfield and field system 560m east of Park Gate Farm?

Cairnfield and field system 560m east of Park Gate Farm is a Bronze Age monument located in Derbyshire, comprising scattered cairns and associated field boundaries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018999.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairnfield and field system 560m east of Park Gate Farm?

Cairnfield and field system 560m east of Park Gate Farm 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 1018999.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairnfield and field system 560m east of Park Gate Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnfield 650m north west of Bumper Castle (5.6 km), Hillcarr Sough and associated lime kiln and paved track (7.6 km), Alport smelt mill (8.2 km).

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Overview
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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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cairnfield 650m north west of Bumper Castle
5.6 km
Hillcarr Sough and associated lime kiln and paved track
7.6 km
Alport smelt mill
8.2 km
Bronze Age burial, ceremonial and settlement remains on Stanton Moor, and evidence for medieval, post-medieval and 19th to early 20th century activity
8.5 km
Darley Bridge
9.1 km
Doll Tor stone circle and cairn
9.1 km
Old Millclose engine house and associated features, 570m south west of Cowley Hall
9.5 km
Nine Stone Close small stone circle
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairnfield and field system 560m east of Park Gate Farm

Cairnfield and field system 560m east of Park Gate Farm 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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