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Submitted by Orcinus on Thursday, 14 January 2021  Page Views: 13466

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Wigber Low
Country: England County: Derbyshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Ashbourne  Nearest Village: Ballidon
Map Ref: SK205514  Landranger Map Number: 119
Latitude: 53.059460N  Longitude: 1.695573W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

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Orcinus visited on 1st Jan 1990 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 I excavated here in 1990 with Sheffield University

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Wigber Low submitted by Orcinus : Wigber Low excavation 1990 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow in Derbyshire. Look around you and take in the spread of stones across the ground – this is an area with distinct historical significance. The clues are in the name of this site: Wigber most likely originates from the Anglo-Saxon name of ‘Wigca’ and ‘Low’ meant small hill or burial ground. The barrow was first built between 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, but several Anglo-Saxon graves from between 500 to 600 CE were later inserted into the mound.

The use of gold and silver in the following objects found at Wigber Low indicate the wealth of some of those buried at this site during the Saxon period. Source: Wonders of the Peak

The excavaition was published as Wigber Low, Derbyshire: A Bronze Age and Anglian Burial Site in the White Peak by Collis, John

Note: Archive photos from the Wigber Low excavation in 1990 by Sheffield University, visit Orcinus' page for more
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Wigber Low submitted by Blingo_von_Trumpenstein : Wigber Low 360 panorama. December 2010. Enjoy Blingo (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Wigber Low submitted by Creative Commons : Part of the display for Wigber Low in Weston Park Museum, Sheffield. There are grave-plans (‘field sketches’) included in the display boards – something surprisingly rarely done in British museums. Photo Credit: Prof Howard M R Williams (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Wigber Low submitted by Orcinus : Wigber Low excavations 1990 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Wigber Low submitted by Orcinus : Saxon grave(?) excavated at Wigber Low with Prof. John Collis, Sheffield University, 1990 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Wigber Low submitted by Orcinus : Wigber Low excavation 1990

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Wigber Low submitted by Orcinus : Beautiful Neolithic stone axe at Wigber Low excavation 1990 (2 comments)

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Wigber Low submitted by Orcinus : Wigber Low excavation 1990

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Wigber Low submitted by Orcinus

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Wigber Low submitted by Postman : The mist has begun to lift, but the eternal grey of winter stays on.

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Wigber Low submitted by Postman : You cant see Silbury from the Peak District can you?

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Wigber Low submitted by Postman : Excellent kerbing, could be because of the excavation though.

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Wigber Low submitted by Postman : Twisted and stunted by the elements, well, two of them.

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Wigber Low submitted by Postman : The cool topping to the hill is almost perfectly off set by the shite below it.

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Wigber Low submitted by Postman : Among the limestone hills of the southern peak is this little known but big cairn , Wigber low.

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Wigber Low submitted by Postman : Well defined edge at the southern end of Wigber low

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Wigber Low submitted by Postman : Minning low highly visible on the right

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Wigber Low submitted by Postman : A big low cairn on a small narrow ridge

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Wigber Low submitted by Postman : Wanted to come here for ages and it took nearly two years. 2008

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Wigber Low submitted by Stu : Wigber Low Barrow (3 comments)

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Re: Wigber Low by Melanie on Friday, 07 November 2003
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Stand low barrows are not noted to be near, they are approx 1100m away. see http://web.onetel.net.uk/~alexredon/newhouse/standlow.htm for more details. I'd post it as a site but I can't find how to

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Re: Wigber Low by stu on Friday, 10 January 2003
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Wigber Low seems to just hang on to the top of the limestone knoll it sits on.
Thought to have been an excarnation platform before later turning into a cairn.
Thorpe Cloud in the west looks man-made almost like a Silbury Hill.
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