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Round cairn between Coombes Edge and Cown Edge is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the moorland plateau of the Derbyshire Pennines. The monument comprises a rubble cairn of typical upland construction, built from the stone naturally abundant in the surrounding landscape. Such cairns served as sepulchral monuments for elite or significant members of Bronze Age communities, typically containing inhumed or cremated remains within central burial chambers or grave pits. The site represents an important element of the Bronze Age funerary landscape characteristic of the Pennine uplands, where concentrations of cairns mark areas of intensive prehistoric settlement and ritual activity.
Round cairn between Coombes Edge and Cown Edge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009048. View the official record →
Round cairn between Coombes Edge and Cown Edge is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the moorland plateau of the Derbyshire Pennines. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009048.
Round cairn between Coombes Edge and Cown Edge 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 1009048.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup-marked stone 80m east of Robin Hood's Picking Rods (1.6 km), A wayside and a boundary cross known as Robin Hood's Picking Rods (1.7 km), Cairn on Ludworth Intakes (3.1 km).
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