<< Our Photo Pages >> Offerton Moor West - Ring Cairn in England in Derbyshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Offerton Moor WestCountry: England County: Derbyshire Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Hathersage Nearest Village: Hathersage
Map Ref: SK2115580550
Latitude: 53.321457N Longitude: 1.68388W
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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Located on open moorland a 10 minute walk East, from the path that traverses Abney/Offerton Moors.
A large, tidy ring cairn, with an entrance to the SE. A few metres beyond is the smaller, damaged ring cairn of Offerton Moor East Ring Cairn.
Note: this site is scheduled as Historic England List ID 1016627, "Cairnfield and ring cairn 490m south of Offerton Hall". The Historic England map search also brings up a number of other tumuli and a named cairn (the Reform Stone) - see HE list ID 1016626, HE list ID 1016625, HE List ID 1016624 and HE List ID 1016628
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