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Round cairn on Harland Edge is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Derbyshire. The cairn represents a type of funerary structure common to the Bronze Age period, when such mounds were constructed as repositories for the dead and served as prominent markers within the landscape. The site's preservation and designation as a listed monument reflect its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric burial practice and settlement patterns in the Derbyshire region.
Round cairn on Harland Edge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008609. View the official record →
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 1008609.
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 1008609.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Millclose engine house and associated features, 570m south west of Cowley Hall (7.5 km), Lumsdale Mills and associated water management features (7.6 km), Moated site and fishponds 300m north east of Snitterton Hall (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn on Harland 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 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.