Scheduled MonumentsEnglandTwo cairns on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation

Two cairns on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation

England
List entry 1019484
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019484
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SK 28973 68223
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two cairns on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on the moorland of the Peak District in Derbyshire. The site comprises two distinct stone cairns, which represent the burial practices of prehistoric communities occupying the upland regions of the English Midlands during the second and third millennia before the Common Era. Such cairn groupings are characteristic of the ritual and funerary landscape of the Bronze Age in particular, when the construction of stone burial mounds became widespread across northern Britain. The monument survives as an archaeological record of prehistoric settlement patterns and territorial organisation in this region, contributing to the understanding of early human use of the Pennine moorlands.

Two cairns on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019484. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two cairns on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation?

Two cairns on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on the moorland of the Peak District in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019484.

Who is responsible for protecting Two cairns on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation?

Two cairns on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation 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 1019484.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two cairns on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Millclose engine house and associated features, 570m south west of Cowley Hall (7.1 km), Lumsdale Mills and associated water management features (7.7 km), Moated site and fishponds 300m north east of Snitterton Hall (7.7 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two cairns on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation

Two cairns on Beeley Moor, east of Hell Bank Plantation stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.