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Submitted by enkidu41 on Wednesday, 27 October 2004  Page Views: 12103

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Green Low (Aldwark)
Country: England County: Derbyshire Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Matlock  Nearest Village: Aldwark
Map Ref: SK232580  Landranger Map Number: 119
Latitude: 53.118677N  Longitude: 1.654813W
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.
 no data 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.
 2 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
 3

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Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by stu : (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Cairn in Derbyshire. This robbed cairn is 18 metres in diameter with an exposed 2-compartment chamber and passage entered from a forecourt at the southern end of the mound. The entrance was revetted by a straight-fronted dry wall 10 metres long. The chamber and passage are the same width, the former delineated by large septal slabs. Excavations in 1963-64 showed that the tomb had been deliberately blocked and the paved limestone forecourt filled in. Roman pottery and coins were suggesting that the the tomb had been rifled as long ago as early Roman times.

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Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by rldixon : Taken 11-10-2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by rldixon : Green Low taken 11-10-2010 a nice sunny day which makes it hard not to get burnout on the limestone in the photos (Vote or comment on this photo)

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by rldixon : Green low taken 11-10-2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by rldixon : Green low detail of hole in stone taken 11-10-2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by rldixon : gren low taken 11-10-2010

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Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by enkidu41 : View from the rear of the tomb showing the large collapsed side-walls.

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by enkidu41 : The passage grave with facing wall form the south end.

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by SteveJamesSheldon : Tiny bit of a struggle to find this as it isn't marked on the OS map, was led to it by the tumuli that are and a bit of help from this site! I was under time pressure as my camera battery was dying and I could only hope the snow would last in the sun! Saw some suspicious stones in farmers walls around that I felt were probably robbed from here or other cairns.

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by rldixon : Green low taken 11-10-2010

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by rldixon : Green low taken 11-10-2010 a good walk to get there but well worth it

Green Low (Aldwark) Inspection
Green Low (Aldwark) Inspection submitted by TimPrevett : Brian, Eileen, and Barry inspecting the entrance of Green Low chambered tomb, on a wet, windy Derbyshire January day.

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by rogerkread : Green Low on a very wet day indeed, rain, mist/low cloud, long saturated grass. Took about two days to dry out, but well worth the visit.

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by rogerkread : My attempt at a shot inside the collapsed bit of the chamber.

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by Bladup : Green Low (Aldwark).

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by SteveJamesSheldon : Thought this place would have once been significant, totally robbed out but you can still see structure, just over the hill among bonsai like trees to the main site!

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by SteveJamesSheldon : Detailing the hole in the upright, bit confused by this section, was it open between the two chambers or sealed?

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by postman : Almost aligned on a prominent hill top the name of which I once knew but no more.

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by postman : The forecourt

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by postman : Looking approx east, autumn equinox 2011

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by postman : As close to a sunrise as I got on the Autumn equinox 2011

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by postman : Autumn equinox 2011 looking west

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by postman : The fallen side slab and a small opening through which to poke your camera.

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by postman : Under the fallen side slab

Green Low (Aldwark)
Green Low (Aldwark) submitted by TimPrevett : A (slipped) holed stone intersecting the two chambers at Green Low chambered cairn, one of two sites in Derbyshire called Green Low, this near Aldwark.

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Re: Green Low (Aldwark) by Anonymous on Wednesday, 20 February 2013
What a great site, really got lucky with the weather, full sun and snow on the ground, set the mood nicely!
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Re: Green Low (Aldwark) by coldrum on Wednesday, 31 March 2010
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Pastscape entry.

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=310757
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Re: Green Low (Aldwark) by Aimeeb-b on Wednesday, 12 August 2009
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I visited this site in July 09. It was very peaceful and relaxing, apart from the nearby quarry operations at Grangemill. I found it particularly interesting that the blocked entrance for the site was directed towards the outcrop of Harborou' Rocks (another beautiful site in Derbyshire with industrial works littered on it). I will post my photos when i get chance.
Were these places symbolically linked and connected? It would also answer my initial question upon visiting the site, which was, why place the site here rather than on the slightly higher ground to the north?
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