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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Big Moor Cairn Field Alternative Name: Barbrook Cairn FieldCountry: England County: Derbyshire Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Village: Froggatt
Map Ref: SK278757
Latitude: 53.277557N Longitude: 1.58455W
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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Ramsley Moor, Barrow 9
Ramsley Moor, Barrow 7
and more generally, Big Moor and Ramsley Moor: Settlement & Burial cairns.
This last comprises a variable number of Cairns over a large area: Sixty-seven cairns [numbered and plotted on 25" from map in 1] on Ramsley Moor adjoining Barbrook. They comprise:- 4 large mounds 30-35 ft. across. 13 medium-sized mounds 20 to 29 ft. across. 50 small mounds below 20 ft. across.
Source: from the Derbyshiire HER
I found a line of 8 Cairns between Barbrook Cairn at SK27917561 and Barbrook 2 Circle at SK27757582.
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130m SSE 158° Barbrook 1* Stone Circle (SK27857558)
130m NNW 338° Barbrook 2* Stone Circle (SK27757582)
142m SE 130° Barbrook cairn* Cairn (SK27917561)
188m WSW 238° Barbrook Cupmarked Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SK27647560)
237m WNW 293° Big Moor Cairns SW* Barrow Cemetery (SK27587579)
424m SW 225° Big Moor* Ancient Village or Settlement (SK275754)
921m SW 221° Swine Sty* Ancient Village or Settlement (SK272750)
941m WSW 238° Barbrook 5* Ring Cairn (SK270752)
1.2km E 94° Barbrook 4* Ring Cairn (SK2896375621)
1.7km NNE 19° Barbrook 3* Stone Circle (SK28337728)
2.1km NNW 334° White Edge Cairn* Cairn (SK26847762)
2.2km NNW 336° The Hurkling Stone* Marker Stone (SK269777)
2.3km SSE 163° Birchen Edge 1* Ring Cairn (SK285735)
2.4km S 185° Gardoms Edge 2 (Baslow)* Rock Art (SK2761773339)
2.4km S 190° Gardoms Edge Cairns* Barrow Cemetery (SK27407330)
2.4km S 187° Gardoms Edge 02 (Baslow) Rock Art (SK27527328)
2.5km SSW 193° Gardoms Edge Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SK2725273225)
2.6km SSW 195° Gardoms Edge Enclosure* Causewayed Enclosure (SK2716473201)
2.6km NNE 30° Owler Bar Cairn (SK291780)
2.7km SSW 191° Gardoms Edge 1* Rock Art (SK2728573037)
3.0km SSW 193° Three Men of Gardoms* Round Barrow(s) (SK2716172774)
3.0km WNW 291° Stoke Flat* Stone Circle (SK24967679)
3.2km S 173° Birchen Edge Stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SK28207256)
3.3km S 187° Gardoms Edge Ringcairn* Ring Cairn (SK274724)
3.3km S 173° Birchen Edge 2 Ring Cairn (SK282724)
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