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Cairnfield, field system and ring cairn 650m east of Moorside Farm

England
List entry 1019509
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019509
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
7.89 hectares
Grid reference
SK 28210 72459
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairnfield is a ring cairn with associated field system located 650 metres east of Moorside Farm in Derbyshire, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and comprises a substantial circular stone cairn surrounded by a defined ring, together with evidence of ancient field boundaries that form part of the wider archaeological landscape of the upland area. The ring cairn represents a funerary monument typical of Bronze Age burial practice in the Peak District region, whilst the field system demonstrates contemporary or near-contemporary agricultural organisation on marginal upland terrain. The site remains a significant record of Bronze Age settlement patterns and land use in Derbyshire's moorland environment.

Cairnfield, field system and ring cairn 650m east of Moorside Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019509. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairnfield, field system and ring cairn 650m east of Moorside Farm?

Cairnfield is a ring cairn with associated field system located 650 metres east of Moorside Farm in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019509.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairnfield, field system and ring cairn 650m east of Moorside Farm?

Cairnfield, field system and ring cairn 650m east of Moorside 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 1019509.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairnfield, field system and ring cairn 650m east of Moorside Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Triple cairn, cairnfield and bole sites extending south westwards from Raven Tor (5.7 km), Cairn 600m south of Raven Tor (6 km), Ring cairn and cairn 750m north west of Bumper Castle (6.6 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
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Triple cairn, cairnfield and bole sites extending south westwards from Raven Tor
5.7 km
Cairn 600m south of Raven Tor
6 km
Ring cairn and cairn 750m north west of Bumper Castle
6.6 km
Cairnfield 650m north west of Bumper Castle
7 km
Rowsley Bridge
7.1 km
Stone Edge smelt mill at Moss Farm
7.6 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
Hillcarr Sough and associated lime kiln and paved track
9.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairnfield, field system and ring cairn 650m east of Moorside Farm

Cairnfield, field system and ring cairn 650m east of Moorside 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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