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<< Text Pages >> Birchen Edge 2 - Ring Cairn in England in Derbyshire

Submitted by Vicky on Wednesday, 18 September 2002  Page Views: 6219

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Birchen Edge 2 Alternative Name: Birchen Edge South
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.3 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Derbyshire Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Bakewell  Nearest Village: Baslow
Map Ref: SK282724  Landranger Map Number: 119
Latitude: 53.247873N  Longitude: 1.578842W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
2 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
3

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Ring Cairn in Derbyshire

According to John Barnatt (1990) this site with a low bank of around 10m in diameter may be a ringcairn, but could just as easily be ‘nothing more than fortuitous undulations in the natural ground surface’.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SK2872 : Path through the heather on Birchen Edge by Roger Temple
by Roger Temple
©2007(licence)
SK2872 : Looking from Birchen Edge to Moorside Farm by Neil Theasby
by Neil Theasby
©2018(licence)
SK2872 : The path back towards the Robin Hood pub by Roger Temple
by Roger Temple
©2007(licence)
SK2872 : Path Above Birchen Edge by Jonathan Clitheroe
by Jonathan Clitheroe
©2011(licence)
SK2872 : Cairn on Birchen Edge by Roger Temple
by Roger Temple
©2007(licence)

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 160m N 0° Birchen Edge Stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SK28207256)
 798m W 270° Gardoms Edge Ringcairn* Ring Cairn (SK274724)
 1.1km WNW 290° Three Men of Gardoms* Round Barrow(s) (SK2716172774)
 1.1km NNW 329° Gardoms Edge 2 (Baslow)* Rock Art (SK2761773339)
 1.1km NW 323° Gardoms Edge 02 (Baslow) Rock Art (SK27527328)
 1.1km NW 305° Gardoms Edge 1* Rock Art (SK2728573037)
 1.1km NNE 16° Birchen Edge 1* Ring Cairn (SK285735)
 1.2km NW 319° Gardoms Edge Cairns* Barrow Cemetery (SK27407330)
 1.3km NW 311° Gardoms Edge Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SK2725273225)
 1.3km NW 308° Gardoms Edge Enclosure* Causewayed Enclosure (SK2716473201)
 1.5km S 180° Gibbet Moor South* Ancient Village or Settlement (SK282709)
 1.7km WSW 238° Dobb Edge Cup and Ring* Rock Art (SK268715)
 1.7km S 187° Gibbet Moor 3 Cairn (SK280707)
 1.7km S 187° Gibbet Moor 2 Cairn (SK280707)
 1.7km S 190° Gibbet Moor 1 Cairn (SK279707)
 2.1km S 183° Gibbet Moor North* Stone Circle (SK281703)
 2.4km W 280° Lady Well Wall* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK258728)
 2.8km NNW 339° Swine Sty* Ancient Village or Settlement (SK272750)
 3.0km NNW 337° Barbrook 5* Ring Cairn (SK270752)
 3.1km NNW 347° Big Moor* Ancient Village or Settlement (SK275754)
 3.2km SE 142° Rodknoll Cairn (SK302699)
 3.2km N 354° Barbrook 1* Stone Circle (SK27857558)
 3.2km S 171° Hob Hurst's House* Round Barrow(s) (SK28746923)
 3.2km N 355° Barbrook cairn* Cairn (SK27917561)
 3.2km N 350° Barbrook Cupmarked Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SK27647560)
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