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<< Our Photo Pages >> Big Moor Cairns SW - Barrow Cemetery in England in Derbyshire

Submitted by dooclay on Thursday, 02 March 2023  Page Views: 484

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Big Moor Cairns SW
Country: England County: Derbyshire Type: Barrow Cemetery
 Nearest Village: Froggatt
Map Ref: SK27587579
Latitude: 53.278377N  Longitude: 1.587841W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Big Moor Cairns SW
Big Moor Cairns SW submitted by dooclay : Could this be MDR7429? (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Derbyshire

To the North of the Barbrook Cup Marked Menhir is a concentration of Cairns running from SE to NW Parallel to the track. The Derbyshire HER references only 1 of a group of 16 visible on the Portals interactive O/S map.
Listed as Monument record MDR7429 - Cairn, Big Moor
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Big Moor Cairns SW
Big Moor Cairns SW submitted by dooclay : Not sure which of the 16 this is? (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SK2775 : Track by Bar Brook in winter conditions by Andrew Hill
by Andrew Hill
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SK2775 : Companion stone at Deadshaw Sick by Bill Boaden
by Bill Boaden
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SK2775 : Track by the Bar Brook valley by Andrew Hill
by Andrew Hill
©2012(licence)
SK2775 : Birch tree in snow by Andrew Hill
by Andrew Hill
©2013(licence)
SK2775 : Companion Stone on Big Moor by Graham Hogg
by Graham Hogg
©2015(licence)

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 172m E 80° Barbrook 2* Stone Circle (SK27757582)
 199m SSE 163° Barbrook Cupmarked Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SK27647560)
 237m ESE 113° Big Moor Cairn Field* Barrow Cemetery (SK278757)
 341m SE 128° Barbrook 1* Stone Circle (SK27857558)
 375m ESE 119° Barbrook cairn* Cairn (SK27917561)
 398m SSW 192° Big Moor* Ancient Village or Settlement (SK275754)
 826m SW 225° Barbrook 5* Ring Cairn (SK270752)
 876m SSW 206° Swine Sty* Ancient Village or Settlement (SK272750)
 1.4km E 97° Barbrook 4* Ring Cairn (SK2896375621)
 1.7km NNE 27° Barbrook 3* Stone Circle (SK28337728)
 2.0km NNW 338° White Edge Cairn* Cairn (SK26847762)
 2.0km NNW 341° The Hurkling Stone* Marker Stone (SK269777)
 2.5km S 179° Gardoms Edge 2 (Baslow)* Rock Art (SK2761773339)
 2.5km SSE 158° Birchen Edge 1* Ring Cairn (SK285735)
 2.5km S 184° Gardoms Edge Cairns* Barrow Cemetery (SK27407330)
 2.5km S 182° Gardoms Edge 02 (Baslow) Rock Art (SK27527328)
 2.6km S 188° Gardoms Edge Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SK2725273225)
 2.6km S 189° Gardoms Edge Enclosure* Causewayed Enclosure (SK2716473201)
 2.7km NE 35° Owler Bar Cairn (SK291780)
 2.8km S 186° Gardoms Edge 1* Rock Art (SK2728573037)
 2.8km WNW 291° Stoke Flat* Stone Circle (SK24967679)
 3.0km S 188° Three Men of Gardoms* Round Barrow(s) (SK2716172774)
 3.3km S 169° Birchen Edge Stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SK28207256)
 3.4km S 183° Gardoms Edge Ringcairn* Ring Cairn (SK274724)
 3.4km NNE 21° Brown Edge* Stone Circle (SK288790)
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Re: Big Moor Cairns SW by dooclay on Thursday, 02 March 2023
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I should add that these 16 are probably part of the same Cairn Field of 67 Cairns mentioned under the Big Moor Cairn Field entry.
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