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Monument record MDR69 - ?Cairn/Stone circle (?site of), Five Stones, Hartington Upper Quarter

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SK 0275 6937: Five Stones, ?Cairn/Stone Circle: [SK 0275 6937] Five stones. (1). The name 'Five Stones' appears on the 6" map of 1842 and exists as Fivestone Brook in 1654. (2). Possible ancient landmark, which is the robbed cairn of a stone circle. (3)

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1975. 1:10000.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Cameron, K. 1959. 'The Place-Names of Derbyshire, Part II', English Place-Name Society. p373.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Dodd, A & Dodd, E. 1974. Peakland Roads & Trackways. p157.

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Grid reference Centred SK 0274 6938 (162m by 193m) (Centre)
Civil Parish HARTINGTON UPPER QUARTER, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Nov 23 2007 2:54PM

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