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Submitted by dooclay on Thursday, 02 March 2023 Page Views: 708

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:

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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

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.

4 Accuracy:

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
0	no data

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**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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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

SK2775 : Track by Bar Brook in winter conditions by Andrew Hill — by Andrew Hill
©2013(licence)

SK2775 : Companion stone at Deadshaw Sick by Bill Boaden — by Bill Boaden
©2021(licence)

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)
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341m SE 128° Barbrook 1* Stone Circle (SK27857558)
375m ESE 119° Barbrook cairn* Cairn (SK27917561)
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1.7km NNE 27° Barbrook 3* Stone Circle (SK28337728)
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2.5km S 179° Gardoms Edge 2 (Baslow)* Rock Art (SK2761773339)
2.5km SSE 158° Birchen Edge 1* Ring Cairn (SK285735)
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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)
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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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