Swine Sty

Nearest town:
Bakewell (9km SW)
OS reference:
SK272750
OS sheet:
119
Latitude:
53° 16' 15.34 N
Longitude:
1° 35' 31.56 W
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Images

Image of Swine Sty (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

The well-preserved round cairn between Barbrook V and the settlement site.

Image credit: A. Brookes (2.10.2022)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Oct 3, 2023
Image of Swine Sty (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

Looking along the settlement boundary, with the ground sloping down to the Bar Brook.

Image credit: A. Brookes (15.9.2020)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 16, 2021
Image of Swine Sty (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

Well-preserved round cairn between Barbrook V and the settlement site.

Image credit: A. Brookes (15.9.2020)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 16, 2021
Image of Swine Sty (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

What appears to be a misshapen cairn close to Barbrook V ring cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (15.9.2020)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 16, 2021
Image of Swine Sty (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by stubob

Between the two northern barrows at Swine Sty is this stone....John Barnatt in his article “Taming the Land,” from the 1999 Derbyshire Archaeological Journal, thought it was significant in someway to the barrows; although not knowing whether it was natural or had been raised.

stubob
stubob Oct 28, 2012
Image of Swine Sty (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by megadread

Looking over the cist and across Bar brook to the parking area for Barbrooks 1 & 2, the white object to the left is my van, the one to the right the white gate to the moor.

Image credit: megadread
megadread
megadread Aug 11, 2010
Image of Swine Sty (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by stubob

02/08. Entrance to hut circle with enclosure wall immediately to the right.

stubob
stubob Feb 12, 2008
Image of Swine Sty (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by stubob

02/08. The cist...the wooden pole just visible behind is a handy way marker in finding this site.

stubob
stubob Feb 12, 2008
Image of Swine Sty (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by stubob

01/06. Looking across the barrow, at SK275 754, to the Barbrook I stone circle (stones marked by red dots). The barrow is sited below the crest and isn’t visible from the stone circles.

stubob
stubob Jan 22, 2006
Image of Swine Sty (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by stubob

04/02 Hut Circle on the lower land shelf, directly below the rock escarpment.

stubob
stubob Apr 18, 2002
Image of Swine Sty (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by stubob

04/02 Hut Circle on the lower land shelf, directly below the rock escarpment.

stubob
stubob Apr 18, 2002

Articles

Swine Sty

megadread
megadread Aug 11, 2010

I walk on Big moor a lot, well it is only 15 – 20 minutes drive from home, though this is the first time i’ve been up to have a look at the cist.
I took the direct route, from the track that leads to Barbrook 1 & 2 i headed down the banking through waist high bracken then over the Bar brook, there’s then the climb up the other side onto the moor.
the going is quite tough this way but doable if your reasonably fit, expect achy legs after though, the grass is very long and the moor equally uneven and there’s no path to speak of.

The wooden fence post in Stu’s pic is still the best marker for tracking this site down.

Wonderful little cist and worth the effort needed to see it.

My gps marked it at SK 27455 75320.

Swine Sty

stubob
stubob Jan 22, 2006

John Barnatt seems to have binned his theory of the moor being divided, by the Bar Brook, into separate working and ritual areas after his survey of a few years ago.
The location of the Barbrook V ring cairn on the SW limits of the field system always caused me a bit of doubt over whether this was the case.....Barnatt andAinsworth’s survey of the moor a few years ago turned up 5-6 barrows, which were previously thought to be large clearance cairns.
Details of whether the opposite took place and field systems were laid out on the eastern side aren’t so forthcoming....

Swine Sty

stubob
stubob Apr 17, 2002

The settlement and field systems at Swine Sty cover a considerable area of Big Moor western side and are amongst the U.K’s best preserved, much of them being overgrown although still visible. Amongst the field boundaries around seven building platforms or rings have been identified, the clearest of them is actually below the boulder escarpment of Swine Sty difficult to find at the best of times in recent years the site is being encroached upon by the thick bracken that covers a large part of this lower shelf.
The site rewards a bit of exploring and with the moor being Open Access it’s a shame not to.

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