Sites within Bar Dyke
Images
Looking north at the line of the southeasten bank.
07/02 dry stone wall runs down the top
07/02 best section although overgrown
Articles
English Heritage seem particularly undecided on the date of this one, saying probably post-Roman through to possibly as late as 7th century but on the other hand maybe Iron Age or even Bronze Age. So could be anything really.
I wonder if there is a clue in where the northeastern end of the earthwork leads to. As I was driving north away from the site I noticed some strange bumps and small hills to the east just after the two roads join and assumed they were quarry spoil heaps. Checking the maps and internet later I found out these are a natural feature known as Canyards Hills and that Natural England calls them “the most impressive example of ‘tumbled ground’ in England and Wales” Is it significant that Bar Dyke leads to, or from these hills?
I can’t work out any use for this site. What could it possibly be for. The right hand side (from the north) is used as a car-port by Netherlanders (no offence intended but it was today). It would have been a formidable defence against attackers from the south
An earthwork of an unknown date.
The section of the dyke sandwiched between the roads is the most impressive part.
There is an area called Smallfield 200m or so Southeast; a Bronze age/Romano-British Field system.
The whole has been badly disturbed by roads and walls, there is a rubble ring of a possible robbed cairn (Bar Dyke Ring )but it’s hard to pick out amongst the heather and a fence and track cut through it.
Worth a look if your between Ash Cabin and the circle at Ewden Beck.
“Bar-dike, which is now the boundary between Broomhead-moor and Smallfield-common, Mr. [Reverand John] Watson conceived to be a British work. It is an immense trench. He further conceived that here the Britons may have made a stand against a body of forces coming from the side of Bradfield, and that their chief being slain in the encounter was buried under that vast carnedde on that part of Broomhead-moor which is known by the name of Roman Slack, and which is by the common people called the ‘The apron full of stones.’ The name of Roman Slack in Mr. Watson’s opinion points out who were the party against whom the Britons were contending, though in what particular expedition he pretends not to say.”
from ‘Hallamshire’, Hunter, J., 1819 (’Hunter’s Hallamshire’)
Sites within 20km of Bar Dyke
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Apronful of Stones (Bradfield)
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Bar Dyke Ring
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Cowell Flat
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Broomhead Dyke
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Ewden Beck
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Ewden Beck
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Side Head
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Ewden Beck
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Bolster Stones
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Walder’s Low
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Pike Lowe
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More Hall
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Margery Hill
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Whitley Church
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Burnt Hill Plantation
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Head Stone
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New Hagg
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Pike Low
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Seven Stones of Hordron Edge
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Ash Cabin Flat
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Ring Cairn/
Hut Circle photo 1 -
Ash Cabin Flat
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Long Cist
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Cist II
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Ash Cabin Flat
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Ash Cabin Rock Fall cave /
shelter photo 4 description 1 -
Ladybower Tor
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Moscar Moor
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Crow Chin
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Crow Chin North
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Crow Chin South
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Crook Hill
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Bamford Moor North
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The Old Woman’s Stone
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Bamford Moor Central
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Bamford Moor South
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Dennis Knoll & Sheepwash Bank
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Ox Stones
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Castle Hill (Ingbirchworth)
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Lose Hill
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Carl Wark & Hathersage Moor
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Whirlow Hall Farm Henge
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Winyard’s Nick
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Wincobank
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Toads Mouth Cairn /
Barrow photo 1 description 1 -
Hathersage Moor Ring Cairn
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Burbage Rocks
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Toad’s Mouth
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Fingerem Stone
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Ecclesall Woods
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Southwest of Burbage Bridge
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Mother Cap Stone
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Ciceley Low
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Stan Low (site)
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Offerton Moor East
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Offerton Moor West
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Ecclesall Woods 3
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Highlow Bank Stone
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Highlow Bank Cairn
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Burton Bole
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Smelting Hill & Abney Moor
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Scholes Coppice
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Lawrence Field
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Highlow Bank
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Castle Hill (Castleton)
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Strawberry Lea
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Pin Dale
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Stainborough Castle
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Bole Hill Hillfort
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Cup stone
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Longshaw Estate
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Eyam Moor II
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Wet Withens
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Eyam Moor Barrow
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Odin Mine
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Eyam Moor III
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Mam Tor
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Brown Edge
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Mam Tor barrows
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Roman Ridge
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Stanage II
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Stanage
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Graves Park Round Barrow
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Windy Knoll
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Royd Edge and Oldfield Hill Earthworks, Meltham
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White Edge Cairn
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Lord’s Seat
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Cop Low
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Barbrook III
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Burr Tor
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Stoke Flat
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Froggatt Edge cairn
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Ox Low
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Hagg Wood Cairnfield
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The Old Bull Ring
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The Holmes
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Eldon Hill Enclosure
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Tup Low
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Eldon Hill
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Big Moor
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Canklow Woods settlement
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Canklow Woods Rock shelter /
Cave photo 2 description 1 -
Kinderlow
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Barbrook II
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Barbrook cairns
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Perryfoot
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Barbrook I
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Barbrook Stone Row
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Tideslow
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Curbar Edge
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Brood Low
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Big Moor (south) cairns
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Barbrook IV
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Barbrook V
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Moisty Knowl (Site of)
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Swine Sty
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Green Low
photo 25 description 4