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Two ring cairns at Ciceley Low is an ancient monument comprising two circular cairns with distinctive ring-ditch features, located in the upland landscape of Derbyshire. The monuments date to the Bronze Age and represent a significant form of funerary or ritual architecture characteristic of prehistoric burial practices in the East Midlands region. Ring cairns of this type typically consisted of a central mound surrounded by a ditch or depression, serving as communal or family burial monuments. The site's survival in the Derbyshire landscape provides important archaeological evidence for Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual practice on upland terrain.
Two ring cairns at Ciceley Low, 500m ESE of Parson House Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017665. View the official record →
Two ring cairns at Ciceley Low is an ancient monument comprising two circular cairns with distinctive ring-ditch features, located in the upland landscape of Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017665.
Two ring cairns at Ciceley Low, 500m ESE of Parson House Farm 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 1017665.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Village settlement and barrows E of Gardom's Edge (7.4 km), Cairn 400m north west of Newbridge Farm (8.3 km), Wayside cross known as Whibbersley Cross (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two ring cairns at Ciceley Low, 500m ESE of Parson House Farm'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.
Two ring cairns at Ciceley Low, 500m ESE of Parson House Farm stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.