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Nine Stone Close is a Bronze Age stone circle situated on the moorland of the Peak District in Derbyshire. The monument consists of nine stones arranged in a roughly circular formation, typical of small ceremonial or ritual circles that proliferated across upland Britain during the second millennium BC. The stones are modest in scale compared to more famous circles, reflecting the regional traditions of Bronze Age monument building in the Pennine uplands. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric ritual practice and continues to demonstrate the distribution of stone circles across the English midlands during the Bronze Age period.
Nine Stone Close small stone circle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008007. View the official record →
Nine Stone Close is a Bronze Age stone circle situated on the moorland of the Peak District in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008007.
Nine Stone Close small stone circle 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 1008007.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blackstone's Low bowl barrow (7.4 km), Harboro' Cave (7.6 km), Round Low bowl barrow (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Nine Stone Close small stone circle'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.
Nine Stone Close small stone circle stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.