#arbor low

Arbor Low Stone Circle in Derbyshire.

Arbor Low,

If Avebury is my No.1 and Stonehenge is my No.2 my third favourite blessed site would be Arbor Low. This tiny henge sits in some of the most breath-taking surroundings you can imagine.

 The site contains two important areas “Gib Hill” a 6000 year old Long barrow and the Arbour Low Henge which is around 4000 years old.

 The Long Barrow (4000BC)

Built in the Neolithic period this human-made hill was a burial place for those deemed worthy and the hill top was used for ceremonies. Some believe that it also served as a warning to keep other tribes away.

Arbor Low Henge (2000BC)

After a couple of thousand years sun worship grow in popularity and the Henge was built nearby. A 90m oval earthen bank was constructed to house an inner platform around 55m wide with a 2m deep ditch. The Henge consists of around 50 off 2m tall stones, although we believe some may have originally been joined. It had two entrances to the North-West and South-South-East. In the centre 7 smaller blocks form a cove.

The side continued to be used through the Bronze Age but in the middle ages it is believed the stones of the henge were toppled by zealots.

A Nexus for magic

One of the most interesting theories for the site puts it as the Nexus of up to 50 lay lines. There is defiantly power there and it still calls to magic users to this day. The stones are littered with the signs of recent ceremonies (including mine).

Estimate of the Laylines

Just magical

Stone Circles of the Peak by John Barnatt

FIRST EDITION ILLUSTRATED

Publisher: Turnstone Books, London Copyright: 1978

Arbor Low, Derbyshire, England

Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument in the Peak District of Derbyshire. It consists of about 50 large limestone blocks, quarried from a local site, which form an egg-shaped circle, with monoliths at the entrances, and possibly a portal stone at the south entrance. The stones are surrounded by an oval earthen bank and ditch. There is also a large pit at the north entrance, which possibly contained a stone. Some of the stones are broken; some of these fragments may originally have been joined together, such that there were originally between 41 and 43 stones.