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Round cairn on Curbar Edge is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the moorland of Curbar Edge in Derbyshire. The cairn consists of a mound of stones constructed as a funerary monument, typical of barrow building practices during the Bronze Age period. It represents an important element of the prehistoric burial landscape of the Peak District, an area rich in such ceremonial monuments. The site's survival on the upland edge demonstrates the continuity of settlement and ritual activity in this region during the second millennium BC.
Round cairn on Curbar Edge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008598. View the official record →
Round cairn on Curbar Edge is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the moorland of Curbar Edge in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008598.
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 1008598.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnfield 700m north east of Raven Tor (8.9 km), Cairn 450m north east of Raven Tor (8.9 km), Triple cairn, cairnfield and bole sites extending south westwards from Raven Tor (9.1 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.