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Green Low is a Neolithic chambered tomb located in Derbyshire, England. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and belongs to the tradition of megalithic burial structures that were constructed across Britain during the fourth and third millennia before the common era. The tomb consists of a stone-built chamber covered by an earthen mound, representing a characteristic form of communal burial architecture from this period. Such monuments served as repositories for multiple burials and held considerable significance within Neolithic communities as permanent markers of ancestral occupation and territorial identity within the landscape.
Green Low chambered tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009444. View the official record →
Green Low is a Neolithic chambered tomb located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009444.
Green Low chambered tomb is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1009444.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church (5.8 km), Anglian high cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church (5.8 km), Bank Top bowl barrow (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Green Low chambered tomb's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Green Low chambered tomb stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Carboniferous, bedrock that formed in the Carboniferous. The rock here is mafic lava.