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Rainslow Scrins 470m south west of Leadmines Farm

England
List entry 1017749
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017749
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
7.3 hectares
Grid reference
SK 22158 60210
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Rainslow Scrins is a prehistoric cairn located in Derbyshire, approximately 470 metres south west of Leadmines Farm. The monument consists of a rubble heap or cairn, characteristic of Bronze Age burial practices in the upland regions of the Peak District. The site represents evidence of early settlement and funerary activity in this area during the second millennium BC, contributing to our understanding of prehistoric land use and burial customs in the Pennine uplands. As a scheduled ancient monument, it remains a protected archaeological record of Derbyshire's Bronze Age heritage.

Rainslow Scrins 470m south west of Leadmines Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017749. View the official record →

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What is Rainslow Scrins 470m south west of Leadmines Farm?

Rainslow Scrins is a prehistoric cairn located in Derbyshire, approximately 470 metres south west of Leadmines Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017749.

Who is responsible for protecting Rainslow Scrins 470m south west of Leadmines Farm?

Rainslow Scrins 470m south west of Leadmines Farm 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 1017749.

What other scheduled monuments are near Rainslow Scrins 470m south west of Leadmines Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church (7.6 km), Anglian high cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church (7.7 km), Bank Top bowl barrow (8.5 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Standing cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church
7.6 km
Anglian high cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church
7.7 km
Bank Top bowl barrow
8.5 km
Bank Top oval barrow
8.6 km
Medieval settlement, including fishpond and open field system, immediately north and 240m south of Lea Cottage Farm
8.7 km
Gorsey Low bowl barrow
9 km
Civil War redoubt 150m east of Tissington Hall
9.1 km
Boars Low bowl barrow
9.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Rainslow Scrins 470m south west of Leadmines Farm

Rainslow Scrins 470m south west of Leadmines Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

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