Gardom's Edge

Gardom's Edge

Gardom's Edge is located near Baslow in Derbyshire, England.

The shelf between Gardom's Edge and Birchen Edge is now moorland used for grazing sheep, but was inhabited and arably farmed during the Bronze Age. The area's best-known archaeological feature is the cup-and-ring-marked stone (petroglyph) located at Ordnance Survey grid reference SK274724.

The carved stone was discovered in the 1940s and has subsequently been buried under a replica to protect it from weathering and other damage. Another replica is on display in the Sheffield City Museum.

The area was excavated by archaeologists from the Peak District National Park Authority and the University of Sheffield in 1998 and 1999.

External links

* [http://gardoms-edge.group.shef.ac.uk/Garmenu.htm the Gardom's Edge Landscape Project at the University of Sheffield]
* [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2256 Gardom's Edge rock carvings at the Megalithic Portal]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Edge — An edge in common usage denotes a sharp border of a (solid) object.cience and technology* Edge (graph theory), a line segment joining two nodes in a graph * Edge (geometry), a line segment joining two vertices in a polytope * Edge case, a problem …   Wikipedia

  • Rock climbing in the Peak District — Rock climbing is a popular activity in the Peak District; particularly on edges such as Stanage or Froggatt. Generally the climbing style is free climbing (as opposed to aid climbing) and the rock is either gritstone or limestone. Climbing has… …   Wikipedia

  • Millstone Grit — The Salt Cellar, a gritstone tor on Derwent Edge in the Peak District, England Millstone Grit is the name given to any of a number of coarse grained sandstones of Carboniferous age which occur in the Northern England. The name derives from its… …   Wikipedia

  • Petroglyph — Mesak Settafet region of Libya.] Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as carving , engraving , or other descriptions of …   Wikipedia

  • Weston Park Museum — The Grade II* listed Mappin Art Gallery …   Wikipedia

  • Cup and ring mark — Typical cup and ring marks at Weetwood Moor, in the English county of Northumberland ( Google Maps) …   Wikipedia

  • Marca de cazoleta y anillos — Marcas de cazoleta y anillo en Alpen, Carschenna, Suiza. En …   Wikipedia Español

  • Clement Francis Cornwall — The Hon. Clement Francis Cornwall 3rd Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia In office 1881–1887 …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”