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Peak District Prehistory meetup 6/9/14

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tiompan Aug 24, 2014 19:54:03
Replying to juamei

juamei wrote:
tiompan wrote:
The content at pastscape "A Bronze Age cairn located on a slight ridge of gently shelving land on Eyam Moor. The cairn measures 13.5 metres by 12.5 metres and stands about 0.5 metres high. This example of a funerary cairn is complete except for a small trench cut into its western side. Small quarry pits to its immediate north and east indicate that the trench was likely to have been for stone procurement rather than the result of antiquarian activity. The cairn is located in a relatively isolated position, away from the main prehistoric cairnfields of Eyam Moor. There are, however, several other cairns in this part of the Moor which also stand in relatively isolated positions and this small dispersed group is interpreted as a barrow cemetery. Scheduled. " Plus satellite imagery is the same spot .What were the reasons given against the suggestion ?
Only that it wasn't well known I think. Plus a query about the position iirc. Looks like it is the one though. The aerial makes it look like a ring cairn.
It certainly looks like it has a bank ,odd that it wasn't mentioned in the report .

J juamei
juamei Sep 7, 2014 08:56:28
Replying to tiompan

Well an on the ground inspection reveals the records seem to be wrong. Rather than a quarried single mound, we think its much more likely to be a ring cairn with a trashed central mound. The spoil from that mound filling some of the space between the bank and whats left of the mound, thus making it seem like a quarried mound. Whats reported as a trench, looks more like an entrance (and is due west from the centre). There also seem to be some possible stones from an inner kerb / embanked circle.

Its currently in a massive burnt patch so is clearer than its been in years I imagine. I recommend anyone nearby gets up to have a look at what could be a third ring cairn on Eyam moor whilst the vegetation is so low.