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Monument record MDR7484 - Big Moor, Cairn?

Type and Period (1)

  • (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

Very speculative small cairn. diameter of 3m and height of 0.3m. noted within a burnt area, autumn. No other cairns apparent. There are a number of trackways within the immediate area and it is possible that it could in fact be a base for a marker post. (1)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Barnatt, J (PDNPA). Descriptive text on monuments in the Peak District.
  • <2> 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. p55, fig 14.

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Grid reference Centred SK 276 774 (100m by 100m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish HOLMESFIELD, NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Jun 9 2000 12:00AM

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