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Thesaurus Term/Concept: LINEAR CLEARANCE CAIRN
| Identifier |
94018 |
| Class |
MONUMENT TYPE |
| Status |
Preferred |
| Index? |
Yes |
| Scope Note |
A long, narrow, irregularly constructed and generally unstructured mound of stones. Normally a by-product of field clearance for agricultural purposes, though prehistoric examples may include burials and other deposits. |
Broader Terms/Concepts (1)
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Instances/Examples (6)
| Context |
Record |
| Monument Type |
MDR3644 Area of Cairns, House Platform and Linear Features, Southwest of Harewood Grange Farm, Harewood Moor, Beeley (Scheduled Monument) |
| Monument Type |
MDR7443 Bronze Age field system, Stoke Flat East, Baslow and Bubnell (Monument) |
| Monument Type |
MDR7482 Cairnfield, linear clearance and ring cairn, Brown Edge, Totley Moor (Monument) |
| Monument Type |
MDR7432 Field system and cairnfield, Big Moor, Baslow and Bubnell and Holmesfield (Monument) |
| Monument Type |
MDR3747 Field, post-medieval clearance, possible cairns and linear clearance, Stanton Moor (Monument) |
| Monument Type |
MDR3745 Four stone clearance heaps and probable linear clearance, Stanton Moor (Monument) |