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Round cairn on Harland Edge

England
List entry 1008605
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008605
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SK 29382 68518
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn on Harland Edge is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Derbyshire. The cairn survives as a substantial mound constructed from stones and earth, characteristic of funerary structures built during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically contained burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as prominent markers in the landscape for Bronze Age communities. The site is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry 1008605, reflecting its status as a protected archaeological monument of regional significance.

Round cairn on Harland Edge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008605. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn on Harland Edge?

Round cairn on Harland Edge is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008605.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn on Harland Edge?

Round cairn on Harland 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 1008605.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn on Harland Edge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Millclose engine house and associated features, 570m south west of Cowley Hall (7.6 km), Lumsdale Mills and associated water management features (7.9 km), Moated site and fishponds 300m north east of Snitterton Hall (8.1 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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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Old Millclose engine house and associated features, 570m south west of Cowley Hall
7.6 km
Lumsdale Mills and associated water management features
7.9 km
Moated site and fishponds 300m north east of Snitterton Hall
8.1 km
Mount Pleasant lead mines, immediately south of Wensley
8.3 km
Northern Dale lead mines
8.3 km
Matlock Bridge
8.3 km
Two lead mines known as Winster Pitts and Drummer's Venture
9.5 km
Lead workings in High Tor Recreation Ground
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn on Harland Edge

Round cairn on Harland Edge stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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