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Cairnfield on Beeley Moor is a Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary monument located in the Peak District of Derbyshire. The site comprises a concentration of cairns and burial mounds typical of upland Bronze Age landscapes in the region, representing ritual activity and settlement patterns from the second millennium BCE. The monument's physical character reflects the construction methods and land use practices of Bronze Age communities, who utilised the moorland environment for both burial and ceremonial purposes. Such cairnfield complexes are significant for understanding the organisation of Bronze Age societies and their relationship with the upland terrain of the Pennines.
Cairnfield on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019483. View the official record →
Cairnfield on Beeley Moor is a Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary monument located in the Peak District of Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019483.
Cairnfield on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation 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 1019483.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Millclose engine house and associated features, 570m south west of Cowley Hall (7.1 km), Lumsdale Mills and associated water management features (7.5 km), Moated site and fishponds 300m north east of Snitterton Hall (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairnfield on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation'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 on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.