A replica of the cup and ring stone in situ at Gardom's Edge
The area's best-known archaeological feature is the cup-and-ring-marked stone (petroglyph) located at Ordnance Survey grid reference SK273730.[1] 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 Weston Park Museum.
In March 2012, Daniel Brown et al. postulated that a standing stone at Gardom's Edge could be a gnomon of a seasonal sundial (indicating the change of season, as through the winter half of the year its north facing side is in permanent shadow) possibly dated to during the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age period (2500–1500 BC).[2]
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^"Gardom's Edge". themodernantiquarian.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
^A possible astronomically aligned monolith at Gardom's Edge, Daniel Brown, Andy Alder, Elizabeth Bemand, arXiv:1203.0947, Arxiv.org, 5 March 2012
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gardom, edge, rocky, outcrop, near, baslow, derbyshire, england, green, streaks, algae, growing, streak, water, seepage, shelf, between, birchen, edge, moorland, used, grazing, sheep, inhabited, arably, farmed, during, bronze, contents, ring, stone, seasonal, . Gardom s Edge is a rocky outcrop near Baslow in Derbyshire England Green streaks are algae growing in a streak of water seepage 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 Contents 1 Cup and ring stone 2 Seasonal sundial stone 3 References 4 External linksCup and ring stone edit nbsp A replica of the cup and ring stone in situ at Gardom s EdgeThe area s best known archaeological feature is the cup and ring marked stone petroglyph located at Ordnance Survey grid reference SK273730 1 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 Weston Park Museum The area was excavated by archaeologists from the Peak District National Park Authority and the University of Sheffield in 1998 and 1999 Seasonal sundial stone editIn March 2012 Daniel Brown et al postulated that a standing stone at Gardom s Edge could be a gnomon of a seasonal sundial indicating the change of season as through the winter half of the year its north facing side is in permanent shadow possibly dated to during the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age period 2500 1500 BC 2 References edit Gardom s Edge themodernantiquarian com Retrieved 30 August 2014 A possible astronomically aligned monolith at Gardom s Edge Daniel Brown Andy Alder Elizabeth Bemand arXiv 1203 0947 Arxiv org 5 March 2012External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gardom s Edge the Gardom s Edge Landscape Project at the University of Sheffield53 15 18 N 1 35 42 W 53 2551 N 1 5949 W 53 2551 1 5949 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gardom 27s Edge amp oldid 1110089943, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
