Gibbet Moor cist

Nearest town:
Bakewell (7km WSW)
OS reference:
SK282708
OS sheet:
119
Latitude:
53° 13' 59.39 N
Longitude:
1° 34' 38.91 W
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Image of Gibbet Moor cist by stubob

09/05. Stones of the cist, the field boundary it is built into isn’t visible in the pic, not much better on the ground with all the heather.

stubob
stubob Oct 4, 2006
Image of Gibbet Moor cist by stubob

04/04. Stones of the cist, the field boundary it is built into isn’t visible in the pic, not much better on the ground with all the heather.

stubob
stubob Oct 4, 2006

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Gibbet Moor cist

Chris Collyer
Chris Collyer Aug 4, 2008

This is a bugger to find even with a gps. Approached from the direction of the 4 poster it’s impossible to see this cist until you fall into it as it is beneath the level of the heather, approached from the north however the large boulder becomes evident from a few metres away. This boulder looks like it may be earthfast while the other stones look pretty rough and ready, this is no elegant slab lines tomb but it does have a charm of it’s own, Stu mentions 2 sides of the cist being visible but I could only see the stones of the eastern side, any others must have been buried under the heather.

Gibbet Moor cist

stubob
stubob Mar 9, 2008

You’ll probably need a gps to find this cist unless you have a few hours to spare. There is a large rock nearby that sorta becomes visible when you’re on top of it and so is something to look for in the thick heather....I think it is part of the boundary bank the cist is built into.
Two sides of the cist are clearly visible and constructed of fairly large stones.
If you have a gps then SK28157 71021 should get you to within a few metres of it.

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