Staden

Nearest town:
Buxton (2km W)
OS reference:
SK069721
OS sheet:
119
Latitude:
53° 14' 43.84 N
Longitude:
1° 53' 47.71 W
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juamei
juamei Oct 8, 2015

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Staden

juamei
juamei Apr 11, 2012

[visited 18/03/12] Well this is a delight I’ve been meaning to get to for a long time. Previously I’d made it to within sight (just) from the footpath and before the estate was expanded, I’d stood and stared in its general direction from a carpark. Nothing like getting up close and personal though, especially with this site which is clearly visible closeup despite its denuded state. I hadn’t noticed the amazing view when I’d been near here before. We are up quite high here, so you look across Buxton in the dip, along Brown Edge and over to the gritstone hills 7 miles or so to the North.

Its a big circularish monument crossing a small shallow dry valley, together with a perculiar bank with a 90degree bend heading off to the north east. Opinion is divided but seems to be coming down in favour of an Iron age date for this. Several things about it to tend me towards that also; henges don’t tend to lie across a dip, the bank & ditch seem unusually thin and defined for their height for a henge, it’s circle is deformed unlike Arbor Low and the Bullring and the weird attached bank would be fairly unique. This could easily be contempory to similar sized Late Bronze Age/Iron Age enclosures nearby such as that on Eldon Hill.

Access is easyish from Dukes Drive via the caravan park, up the footpath and through the farm. As this is off the footpath, permission should be sort at the farm.

Staden

stubob
stubob Mar 2, 2002

Located behind Staden industrial estate.
Often suggested to be the remains of a henge, the slight earthworks visible however were more than likely constructed in the Iron Age/Romano-British period. There is a large settlement site from the latter of the two periods only 100m or so away.

The ‘henges’ near circular banks can just be made out in the grass, a smaller more angular enclosure abutting this can also be seen (top left corner of the field in the photograph).

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