Prehistoric Sites in Derbyshire

A large and impressive henge monument with the addition of a later stone circle, Arbor Low has been called the 'Stonehenge of the north'. The site is composed of a henge with the addition of a later stone circle, and a Bronze Age round barrow was later added onto the rear of the site. The outer bank of the henge describes a rough circle, about 259 x 246 feet in diameter. Within the outer bank is a ditch about 30 feet wide and 6 feet deep.

Upper Oldhams Farm, Monyash Bakewell, Derbyshire, England

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Hob Hurst's House is a prehistoric burial chamber, unusual in that it is rectangular in shape, roughly 8 x 7.5 m and 1 m high. There is a stone cist within the mound, and remains of cremated human bones were discovered when the cist was investigated in the 19th century.
Beeley Moor, Beeley, Derbyshire, England

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One of numerous ancient sites on Stanton Moor, Nine Ladies is a small stone circle of - yes - 9 stones. The circle is just over 10 metres diameter, and the stones are set against a low bank. At the centre of the circle is a low mound. Some 45 metres to the south west is a solitary outlier called the King Stone.
Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire, England

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