Fin Cop promontory fort, bowl barrow and eighteenth century lime kiln with associated quarry

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History & significance

Fin Cop is a promontory fort occupying a naturally defensible hilltop position in Derbyshire. The site comprises an Iron Age hillfort with later Bronze Age activity evidenced by a bowl barrow, together with eighteenth-century industrial remains including a lime kiln and associated quarry that demonstrate the site's continued economic use in the post-medieval period. The promontory fort would have served both defensive and administrative functions characteristic of Iron Age settlements in the East Midlands, while the later features reflect the local exploitation of limestone resources during the period of agricultural and industrial intensification in the early modern era.

Fin Cop promontory fort, bowl barrow and eighteenth century lime kiln with associated quarry is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011205. View the official record →

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The bedrock under Fin Cop promontory fort, bowl barrow and eighteenth century lime kiln with associated quarry

Fin Cop promontory fort, bowl barrow and eighteenth century lime kiln with associated quarry stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.