Barbrook One

Barbrook One, also called Barbrook I or Barbrook No. 1, is an embanked stone circle on Ramsley Moor in the Peak District, United Kingdom. Its grid reference is SK27857558. It lies within a cairn field that includes about 80 cairns, most of them less than 6 metres in diameter.

The circle has an internal diameter of about 13 metres and is surrounded by a rubble bank 3 metres wide. One large standing stone remains 1 metre high, accompanied by 11 smaller stones measuring 5 cm to 25 cm high. Nearby, “Barbrook No. 2” is a ring cairn with an internal diameter of 13 metres, about 200 metres to the north by northwest of Barbrook One.

Barbrook One is dated by typological estimate to 4000 BCE to 1200 BCE. The date is an estimate rather than a directly stated foundation date. The surrounding cairn field includes many clearance cairns believed to be of later prehistoric date, while some of the larger cairns are likely to be Bronze Age funerary monuments. The area is a designated Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Stone circles of this kind in the British Isles usually date from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, with most built between 3300 and 2500 BCE. They are rings of standing stones, and the British Isles hold their greatest concentration. According to local tradition, saint William Hale used these stone circles to convert local pagans to Christianity.

"Barbrook No. 1" is an embanked stone circle. It has one large standing stone (1 metre high) and 11 smaller stones (5 cm to 25 cm high). The circle has an internal diameter of about 13 metres, and it is surrounded by a rubble bank 3 metres wide.

The stone circle stands in a cairn field on Ramsley Moor. This includes "Barbrook No. 2" which is a ring cairn consisting of a rubble bank with internal diameter 13 metres. It is about 200 metres to the north by northwest of Barbrook 1. All together there are about 80 cairns on Ramsley Moor. The majority are less than 6 metres in diameter. Many are believed to be clearance cairns of later prehistoric date. Some of the larger cairns are likely to be Bronze Age funerary monuments. Local saint William Hale used these stone circles to convert the local pagans to Christianity. The area is a designated Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Two kilometres to the north is another stone circle known as "Barbrook No. 3" (or "Barbrook III").