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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Apronful of Stones (Bradfield) Alternative Name: Apron Full Of Stones (Bradfield)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.7 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (South) Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Stocksbridge Nearest Village: Wigtwizzle
Map Ref: SK2448094582
Latitude: 53.447439N Longitude: 1.632883W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Cairn in Yorkshire (South)
Situated a little way south west of where the Mortimer and Penistone Roads meet north west of High Bradfield, this cairn is featured on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) web site - see their Apronful of Stones, Bradfield, South Yorkshire page. They describe the archaeology and history of the immediate area, show the site on an 1850's OS map and feature the folklore.
Further details can also be found at Pastscape Monument No. 312762. Their description is of a "circular earthwork of a ring cairn situated in moorland overlooking the village of Bradfield. The ring cairn is roughly circular, measuring 27 metres by 23 metres externally and 22.5 metres by 21 metres internally. It comprises a low bank which stands 0.3 metres high. The width of the bank is variable but, typically, is 1.5 metres-2.5 metres wide. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and forms part of a series of remains of the same date on the gritstone moors of the Peak District. Scheduled."
The Historic England Schedule Listing can be viewed by clicking on List Entry 1017667, which tells us this ring cairn is 340 metres north west of Mortimer House, and adds "The site of the monument slopes gently to the east close to a linear earthwork known as The Bar Dyke. It stands on a broad ridge crest between higher moorland to the west and the lower cultivated land shelves to the south and south east. The ring cairn is part of a group of similar monuments, dated to the Bronze Age, surviving on the gritstone fringes of the Peak District. The ring cairn is roughly circular, measuring 27m by 23m externally and 22.5m by 21m internally. It comprises a low bank which stands approximately 0.3m high. The width of the bank is variable but, typically, is 1.5m-2.5m wide. Some of the earthwork is poorly defined and is often obscured by heather. There is a small, shallow pit in the western interior edge of the bank. A small cairn appears to be superimposed on the eastern edge of the embankment, with a diameter of 4.5m. A disused pathway or animal track passes east-west through the earthwork which has caused some erosion damage to the embankment and interior. The ring cairn dates to the Bronze Age and forms part of a series of remains of the same date on the gritstone moors of the Peak District. A small cairnfield is located to the west, which is the subject of a separate scheduling ."
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