Barbrook cairns

Nearest town:
Dronfield (8km ENE)
OS reference:
SK278758
OS sheet:
119
Latitude:
53° 16' 41.12 N
Longitude:
1° 34' 58.92 W
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Image of Barbrook cairns (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thesweetcheat

Larger kerbed cairn between Barbrook I and II. This one is a lot more overgrown with bracken than on our visit 6 years previously.

Image credit: A. Brookes (2.10.2022)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Oct 4, 2023
Image of Barbrook cairns (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thesweetcheat

Excellent little kerbed cairn between Barbrook I and II. Last time we came this one was quite overgrown, now it’s much easier to see the structure. Looking SW across the Bar Brook towards the Big Moor (South) and Swine Sty monuments.

Image credit: A. Brookes (2.10.2022)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Oct 4, 2023
Image of Barbrook cairns (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thesweetcheat

Small kerbed cairn along the hillside upslope from Barbrook I and II stone circles.

Image credit: A. Brookes (2.10.2022)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Oct 4, 2023
Image of Barbrook cairns (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thesweetcheat

Weathered block on Barbrook 1 cairn. Cupmarked stones were found in this cairn during the 1960s excavation. Although this stone probably shows natural weathering, there is at least a possibility that some of these marks are the eroded traces of artificial carving.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.11.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Nov 20, 2016
Image of Barbrook cairns (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thesweetcheat

The restored Barbrook 1 cairn, showing neat drystone construction.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.11.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Nov 20, 2016
Image of Barbrook cairns (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thesweetcheat

Barbrook 1 cairn (SK2791075600), excavated and restored in the 1960s. Barbrook I stone circle can be seen downslope on the far left.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.11.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Nov 20, 2016
Image of Barbrook cairns (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thesweetcheat

Interesting cairn to the southeast of Barbrook II stone circle. The cairn is made up of a prominent kerb around an almost level platform of smaller stones. Whether this was the original design or a result of stone robbing isn’t obvious.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.11.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Nov 20, 2016
Image of Barbrook cairns (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thesweetcheat

Representative example of many of the 60+ cairns on Big Moor, many concentrated in the area between Barbrook I and Barbrook II.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.11.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Nov 20, 2016
Image of Barbrook cairns (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thesweetcheat

Small cairn, which may be clearance rather than sepulchral, with neat kerbed example beyond. These cairns are on the slope between Barbrook II and Barbrook I stone circles.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.11.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Nov 20, 2016
Image of Barbrook cairns (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thesweetcheat

Substantial cairn slightly south and downslope from Barbrook II. Like most of the cairns in this area it was dug by Mitchell in the 1850s.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.11.2016)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Nov 20, 2016

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Barbrook cairns

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 1, 2016

The cairn cemetery lying between Barbrook II and Barbrook I proves well worth a stop off. A widely varied group, mostly dug into in the mid-19th century, many have excellent kerbs. The star of the show is the rebuilt cairn closest to Barbrook I, a bit of a classic of drystone edging about four courses high. One of the stones in the surround shows an interesting weathered pattern that is probably natural, but just possibly could be the very eroded trace of cupmarks.

From here we drop slightly to Barbrook I.

Barbrook cairns

wiccaman9
wiccaman9 Feb 5, 2016

Added simply as a site to gather thoughts and images relating to the large burial cairn-field -’cemetery’, largely found between barbrook I and barbrook II SC’s.

Visible either side of the track between the SC’s, but 1-2 ‘outsider’ rocky bumps exist also.

Kerbed cairns in part, some more simple in design, MOST are robbed out, some quite extensively so, forming neat little ‘halos’ upon the grounds’ surface

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