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Monument record MDR3648 - Ring cairn and cairnfield, Rabbit Warren, Beeley Moor, Beeley

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Full Description

SK 277688. An earth circle 40ft. in overall diameter. (1) Probable ring cairn, external diameter 11.5m, internal 7m. It has a continuous bank so could be a robbed cairn though probably not. It has a flat interior. (2) Scheduling Notification: includes surrounding cairnfield (8). Registered as a PPT. (10) Site monitoring has been carried out and site appears not to be under threat. (11)

Sources/Archives (11)

  • <1> Article in serial: Radley, J. 1963. 'Recent prehistoric finds in the Peak District', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 83. p97.
  • <2> Index: NDAT. 0311. 0311.
  • <3> Index: NDAT. 2787. 2787.
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: Marsden, B. 1977. The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire. p21.
  • <5> Article in serial: Radley, J. 1966. 'A Bronze Age ringwork on Totley Moor and other Bronze Age ringworks in the Pennines', Archaeological Journal. Volume 123, pp 1-26.
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Barnatt, J. 1978. The Stone Circles of the Peak.
  • <7> Article in serial: Beswick, P and Merrills, D. 1983. 'L H Butcher's survey of early settlements and fields in the Southern Pennines', Transactions of the Hunter Archaeology Society. Volume 12, pp 16-50.
  • <8> Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1999. Cairnfield and Ring Cairn on Rabbit Warren. Mon No: 31244. Cat. No.: 451.
  • <9> Index: NDAT. 2788. 2788.
  • <10> Bibliographic reference: Hill, R (PPJPB). 1985. Peak Park Treasures. B402.
  • <11> Unpublished document: Bell, S (PDNPA). 2010. Scheduled Monument Monitoring Form: Cairnfield and Ring Cairn on Rabbit Warren, 650m South East of Park Farm.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 2776 6876 (308m by 256m)
Civil Parish BEELEY, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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  • EDR3250

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Record last edited

Sep 1 2016 10:18AM

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