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Round cairn on Curbar Edge is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on the gritstone moorland of the Peak District in Derbyshire. The cairn consists of a circular mound of stones typical of burial practices during the Bronze Age, when such structures were erected as sepulchral monuments across the upland regions of northern England. Its location on Curbar Edge, within an area rich in prehistoric remains, reflects the use of prominent topographical positions for burial sites during this period. The monument survives as an important archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary tradition and settlement patterns in the Derbyshire uplands.
Round cairn on Curbar Edge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008597. View the official record →
Round cairn on Curbar Edge is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on the gritstone moorland of the Peak District in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008597.
Round cairn on Curbar 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 1008597.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn 450m north east of Raven Tor (8.3 km), Triple cairn, cairnfield and bole sites extending south westwards from Raven Tor (8.5 km), Cairn 600m south of Raven Tor (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn on Curbar Edge'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.
Round cairn on Curbar Edge stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.