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Doll Tor is a Bronze Age stone circle and cairn situated on moorland in the Peak District, Derbyshire. The monument comprises a roughly circular arrangement of upright stones surrounding a central burial mound or barrow, characteristic of funerary and ceremonial monuments erected during the second millennium BCE. The site remains substantially visible today, preserving evidence of prehistoric ritual practice and burial custom in the Pennine region. Its location on exposed moorland reflects the Bronze Age settlement patterns of upland Derbyshire, where such monuments served as prominent territorial and ancestral markers within the landscape.
Doll Tor stone circle and cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017664. View the official record →
Doll Tor is a Bronze Age stone circle and cairn situated on moorland in the Peak District, Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017664.
Doll Tor stone circle and cairn 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 1017664.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Harboro' Cave (7.7 km), Blackstone's Low bowl barrow (8 km), Round Low bowl barrow (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Doll Tor stone circle and cairn'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.
Doll Tor stone circle and cairn stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.