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Monument record MDR6666 - Cairn, Froggatt Edge, Baslow and Bubnell

Type and Period (1)

  • (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Full Description

Cairn with diameter of 13.5m. Superimposed by sheepfold. (1) Mutilated. (2) One particularly large cairn, overlain by a later sheep fold in the middle of the monument, is 13.5m in diameter. It exhibits disturbance at the centre of the mound and probably indicates antiquarian attempts to locate a central burial. (7) Photographic record.(8)

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Barnatt, J (PDNPA). Descriptive text on monuments in the Peak District.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Marsden, B. 1977. The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire. p104.
  • <3> Index: NDAT. 0291. 0291.
  • <4> Article in serial: 1964. East Midland Archaeological Bulletin, No. 7.
  • <5> Index: Hart, C. 1977. Peak Park Treasures B287. B287.
  • <6> Index: North Derbyshire Archaeological Committee (NDAC). North Derbyshire Archaeological Committee Index: 0291. 0291.
  • <7> Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1998. Scheduling Notification. 29805. Cat. No.: 386.
  • <8> Photograph: Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA). Slide Collection. 1368.1-6.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 2490 7665 (10m by 10m) (Centre)
Civil Parish FROGGATT, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE
Civil Parish BASLOW AND BUBNELL, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2015 10:41AM

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