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Cairnfield is a Bronze Age funerary and ceremonial monument complex situated on the Derbyshire moorland northwest of Newbridge Farm. The site comprises a ring cairn and associated field system, features characteristic of later Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the upland regions of the East Midlands. The ring cairn represents a distinctive monument type of this period, typically comprising a circular rubble mound with a central depression or hollow, and would have served ritual or commemorative purposes within the wider landscape. The accompanying field system reflects the contemporary organisation of the surrounding terrain for pastoral or agricultural use, indicating sustained human occupation and land management during the Bronze Age.
Cairnfield, field system and ring cairn 1300m NNW of Newbridge Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019971. View the official record →
Cairnfield is a Bronze Age funerary and ceremonial monument complex situated on the Derbyshire moorland northwest of Newbridge Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019971.
Cairnfield, field system and ring cairn 1300m NNW of Newbridge 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 1019971.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnfield 700m north east of Raven Tor (6.1 km), Cairn 450m north east of Raven Tor (6.2 km), Cairnfield and house platform 400m south west of Harewood Grange Farm (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairnfield, field system and ring cairn 1300m NNW of Newbridge Farm'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, field system and ring cairn 1300m NNW of Newbridge 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.