Scheduled Monuments›England›Cairnfield and field system on Eaglestone Flat, 100m south west of Eagle Stone

Cairnfield and field system on Eaglestone Flat, 100m south west of Eagle Stone

England
List entry 1017110
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017110
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.93 hectares
Grid reference
SK 26192 73761
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairnfield and field system on Eaglestone Flat is a Bronze Age monument complex located approximately one hundred metres south-west of Eagle Stone in Derbyshire. The site comprises a scatter of cairns and associated field boundaries that represent evidence of prehistoric agricultural and ceremonial activity on the upland landscape. The cairnfield demonstrates the exploitation and organisation of moorland during the Bronze Age period, with the field system indicating early pastoral or arable management practices. The monument survives as earthwork remains that contribute to understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and land use in the Pennine region.

Cairnfield and field system on Eaglestone Flat, 100m south west of Eagle Stone is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017110. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairnfield and field system on Eaglestone Flat, 100m south west of Eagle Stone?

Cairnfield and field system on Eaglestone Flat is a Bronze Age monument complex located approximately one hundred metres south-west of Eagle Stone in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017110.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairnfield and field system on Eaglestone Flat, 100m south west of Eagle Stone?

Cairnfield and field system on Eaglestone Flat, 100m south west of Eagle Stone 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 1017110.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairnfield and field system on Eaglestone Flat, 100m south west of Eagle Stone?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Triple cairn, cairnfield and bole sites extending south westwards from Raven Tor (7.2 km), Cairn 600m south of Raven Tor (7.5 km), Rowsley Bridge (7.9 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
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Triple cairn, cairnfield and bole sites extending south westwards from Raven Tor
7.2 km
Cairn 600m south of Raven Tor
7.5 km
Rowsley Bridge
7.9 km
Ring cairn and cairn 750m north west of Bumper Castle
8 km
Cairnfield 650m north west of Bumper Castle
8.3 km
Nether Haddon medieval settlement and part of an open field system, Romano-British field system and lead mining remains, 600m south west of Haddon Hall
8.3 km
Bowl barrow on Haddon Fields
8.8 km
Grindlow bowl barrow
9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairnfield and field system on Eaglestone Flat, 100m south west of Eagle Stone

Cairnfield and field system on Eaglestone Flat, 100m south west of Eagle Stone stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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