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The Folly platform cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Derbyshire, England. The site comprises a substantial cairn constructed of stone, typical of burial practices during the Bronze Age when such monuments served as repositories for the deceased and functioned as significant territorial markers within the landscape. The platform structure suggests deliberate architectural planning characteristic of Bronze Age funerary traditions in the Midlands region. As a scheduled monument with official designation NHLE 1008066, it remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial customs and settlement patterns in Derbyshire.
The Folly platform cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008066. View the official record →
The Folly platform cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008066.
The Folly platform cairn 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 1008066.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Arbourseats Veins and Sough, Wardlow Sough, Nay Green Mine and Washing Floors, Hading Vein and Seedlow Rake (8.2 km), White Rake long barrow and bowl barrow (8.6 km), Wardlow Hay Cop bowl barrow (9 km).
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