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Toad's Mouth is a prehistoric field system located in Derbyshire, England, dating to the Bronze Age and Iron Age periods. The monument comprises an arrangement of boundary banks and ditches that evidence early agricultural practice and land division in the East Midlands. The field system demonstrates the organisation of pastoral and arable farming communities during the later prehistoric period, reflecting patterns of settlement and resource management characteristic of upland areas in central England. Such monuments provide valuable archaeological evidence for understanding prehistoric rural economy and social structures before the Roman period.
Toad's Mouth prehistoric field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017507. View the official record →
Toad's Mouth is a prehistoric field system located in Derbyshire, England, dating to the Bronze Age and Iron Age periods. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017507.
Toad's Mouth prehistoric field system 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 1017507.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Village settlement and barrows E of Gardom's Edge (7.7 km), Brightside lead mine, 80m south west of Brightside Cottage (8.1 km), Baslow Bridge (8.5 km).
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