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Cairnfield on Beeley Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising a dispersed group of cairns located on moorland in Derbyshire. The site consists of several stone burial mounds typical of upland cairn cemeteries, representing communal or sequential burial practices of the Bronze Age period, roughly 2200 to 700 BCE. Such cairnfields are significant for understanding settlement patterns, land use, and social organisation on prehistoric uplands. The monument's survival on open moorland, where ploughing has been minimal, preserves evidence of Bronze Age ritual and mortuary practice within the wider landscape of the Peak District.
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 funerary monument comprising a dispersed group of cairns located on moorland in 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).
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