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Monument record MDR4166 - Three cairns, Gibbet Moor, Baslow and Bubnell

Type and Period (1)

  • (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Full Description

SK 280707. Three low overgrown earth circles, 40-50ft. across, aligned N.W.-S.E. and 15-20yds. apart, situated on Gibbet Moor. (1) 3 probably robbed cairns. 1 is 13m diameter, the others 12.5m. Previously noted as ring cairns which seems unlikely. Lined NW-SE. (2) possible ringcairn (3-7)

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> 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. p16, 25 p75.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Barnatt, J (PDNPA). Descriptive text on monuments in the Peak District.
  • <3> Index: NDAT. NDAT 0272. 0272.
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: Marsden, B. 1977. The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire. p104, 132-4.
  • <5> Index: Butcher, L. H.. Sheffield City Museum Index. D12.
  • <6> Article in serial: Barnatt, J. 1986. 'Bronze Age remains on the East Moors of the Peak District', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 106, pp 18-100.
  • <7> Index: Davies, J (PPJPB). 1983. Peak Park Treasures:B530. B530.
  • <8> Bibliographic reference: Barnatt, J. 1978. The Stone Circles of the Peak.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 280 707 (150m by 100m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish BASLOW AND BUBNELL, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Sep 1 2016 10:19AM

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