by Prehistoric_Admin | May 12, 2024 | Earthwork, Ringcairn
Bar Dike Bar Dike, Earthwork & Ringcairn Travelling south along the Mortimer Road from Ewden Beck is Bar Dike. The massive bank and ditch earthwork that is the dike is clear and monumental and despite its original function and meaning being unknown, it remains an...
by Prehistoric_Admin | May 12, 2024 | Ringcairn
Barbrook II Barbrook II, Ringcairn Following the same initial directions as for Barbrook I, this site is fairly easy to find, although this whole moor is littered with cairns, hinting at what a hive of activity it must have been during the Bronze Age. This site was...
by Prehistoric_Admin | May 12, 2024 | Ringcairn
Barbrook IV Barbrook IV, Ringcairn I tried to locate this site by walking directly to it from Barbrook I. I would not recommend this route, as it was very hard going and extremely disorienting at times and this site is much more difficult to locate and access than it...
by Prehistoric_Admin | May 12, 2024 | Ringcairn
Barbrook V Barbrook V, Ringcairn It may seem that this site is out of sequence as we have already covered the other Barbrook sites, but it is its proximity to Curbar Edge that dictates its inclusion here rather than there. Despite being badly damaged by a packhorse...
by Prehistoric_Admin | May 12, 2024 | Ringcairn, Tumulus
Beeley Moor Central Beeley Moor Central I & II, Ringcairn or Robbed Tumulus A fairly easy site to spot after parking at the Hell Bank Plantation at point and proceeding north along the track that runs round the plantation. Slightly oval in shape with no visible...
by Prehistoric_Admin | May 12, 2024 | Ringcairn
Beeley Moor South Beeley Moor South I & II, Ringcairns My second visit to Beeley Moor has gone a long way to my understanding of this area, with its multitude of ringcairns, robbed cairns and circles, which can be confusing. An exquisite site with fabulous views...
