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Green Low ringcairn is a Bronze Age ceremonial monument located in Derbyshire, England. The site comprises a circular cairn of stone with a distinctive ring ditch or bank encircling it, a form characteristic of ritual and burial monuments of the Bronze Age period. Such ringcairns served primarily as burial structures or ritual centres, often associated with the cremation practices and ceremonial activities of Bronze Age communities. The monument represents an important surviving example of upland Bronze Age monument construction in the Pennine region, contributing to the archaeological understanding of prehistoric settlement and ritual practice in this landscape.
Green Low ringcairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009521. View the official record →
Green Low ringcairn is a Bronze Age ceremonial monument located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009521.
Green Low ringcairn 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 1009521.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cow Low bowl barrow (4.7 km), Bull Ring henge, oval barrow and bowl barrow (4.8 km), Lady Low barrow (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Green Low ringcairn'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 ringcairn stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.