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There
are two things that are immediately obvious when you visit this site.
One is the three conical mounds of stone that give the site its name -
they are said to commemorate three shepherds (or even drunken priests)
who lost their life near here during a storm. Although these only date
from the 18th century they are built on top of a low Bronze
Age barrow or cairn constructed of boulders but now mostly covered in earth and grass that can be seen as the slightly raised mound in the image above. The other noticeable feature is the spectacular view to the west over Baslow and the River Wye to the rolling landscape beyond. This vista must surely have been important in the decision of the early population of the area to build the barrow here, just as it was for more recent generations to erect the piles of stones on top of it. Other Gardom's Edge sites: Carved Rock, Enclosure (Meg's Wall), Pit Alignment Ring Cairn, Round House, Standing Stone |
