Scheduled MonumentsEnglandTwo round cairns 750m south west of Offerton House

Two round cairns 750m south west of Offerton House

England
List entry 1016628
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016628
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
SK 20810 80533
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two round cairns 750m south west of Offerton House is a Neolithic or Bronze Age monument located in Derbyshire. The cairns are circular stone structures characteristic of funerary or ceremonial monuments of the prehistoric period, likely constructed as burial mounds or ritual sites during the second or third millennium before the present era. Their location on the Derbyshire uplands reflects the pattern of prehistoric settlement and religious practice in the moorland regions of the East Midlands. These monuments represent important evidence of early communities' land use and commemorative practices in this part of England.

Two round cairns 750m south west of Offerton House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016628. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two round cairns 750m south west of Offerton House?

Two round cairns 750m south west of Offerton House is a Neolithic or Bronze Age monument located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016628.

Who is responsible for protecting Two round cairns 750m south west of Offerton House?

Two round cairns 750m south west of Offerton House 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 1016628.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two round cairns 750m south west of Offerton House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A group of three lead working coes, a shaft and a dressing floor on Longstone Edge (7.4 km), Two bowl barrows east of Hay Dale (8.1 km), Bowl barrow west of Castlegate Lane (8.2 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two round cairns 750m south west of Offerton House

Two round cairns 750m south west of Offerton House stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.