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<< Our Photo Pages >> Gib Hill - Long Barrow in England in Derbyshire

Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 24 May 2022  Page Views: 18180

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gib Hill
Country: England County: Derbyshire Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Bakewell  Nearest Village: Middleton
Map Ref: SK15826332  Landranger Map Number: 119
Latitude: 53.166766N  Longitude: 1.764818W
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.
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 3 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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Gib Hill
Gib Hill submitted by TimPrevett : Gib Hill 21/12/09. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Long Barrow and Round Barrow in Derbyshire. As Arbor Low has been described as ‘The Stonehenge of the North’, so Gib Hill has been called ‘A miniature Silbury Hill’. It appears at first glance to be a fine example of a Bronze Age round barrow, however, archaeological evidence reveals that it is actually two barrows with a Bronze Age round barrow superimposed on top of an earlier Neolithic long barrow.

This long barrow was probably the original ritual focus in the area several hundred years before the henge monument of Arbor Low was created. Gib Hill was excavated by Thomas Bateman in 1848. He removed the main limestone burial cist that contained a food vessel and cremation. It had reputedly fallen through the roof of his tunnel while he was digging, and was relocated into his own garden at Lomberdale Hall! Thankfully it was returned in 1938 and is still visible today resembling a capstone on the top of the mound.

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Note: A new exhibition at Sheffield's Weston Park Museum: Brought to Light: The Remarkable Bateman Collection. Bateman was a prolific barrow digger who dug Gib Hill in 1848. Echibition opens on Friday 27th May 2022 running until 15 January 2023. Also a free talk on 9th June and workshop on 18th June at the museum. More details in the links lower down our page
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Gib Hill submitted by TimPrevett : Gib Hill 21/12/09. (6 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gib Hill submitted by MikeAttwell : Gib Hill cist taken in the early 1980s. When the capstone was returned from Bateman's garden it was erected as the capstone to a reconstructed cromlech. Later, as part of the preservation of the site the mound was reshaped so that only the capstone is visible. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gib Hill submitted by TimPrevett : Gib Hill 21/12/09. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gib Hill submitted by PaulM : Gib Hill Long Barrow and Round Barrow, Arbor Low, Derbyshire GR: SK158634 As Arbor Low has been described as ‘The Stonehenge of the North’, so Gib Hill has been called ‘A miniature Silbury Hill’. It appears at first glance to be a fine example of a Bronze Age round barrow, however, archaeological evidence reveals that it is actually two barrows with a Bronze Age round barrow superimp... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Gib Hill submitted by durhamnature : Excavation drawings, from "Journal of British Archaeology" via archive.org (1 comment)

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Gib Hill submitted by TimPrevett : Gib Hill 21/12/09.

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Gib Hill submitted by jackdaw1 : A shot of the keystone atop of Gib hill, Arbor Low, Derbyshire. (3 comments)

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Gib Hill submitted by MikeAttwell : Gib Hill taken in the early 1980s. At this time the capstone to the cist formed part of a reconstructed cromlech.

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Gib Hill submitted by rldixon : Gib hill well woth a look while you are at the Arbor low taken 19 Aug 2010

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Gib Hill submitted by TimPrevett : Gib Hill 21/12/09. (2 comments)

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Gib Hill submitted by AngieLake : I spent a lovely half hour or more sitting on the summit of Gib Hill [the 'capstone' in the foreground] on a warm June afternoon. From this angle the landscape features fascinated me so much that I sketched them with their compass readings. (See separate posting). If you look closely you will see that they are very symmetrical, with the shallow slopes of evenly sized hills rising each side of ... (2 comments)

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Gib hill submitted by jackdaw1 : Wide angle shot at Gib hill.

Gib Hill Plantation
Gib Hill Plantation submitted by twentytrees : The third of the three significant groups of stones. There are numerous other large stones located individually nearby.

Gib Hill Plantation
Gib Hill Plantation submitted by twentytrees : The second group of stones.

Gib Hill Plantation
Gib Hill Plantation submitted by twentytrees : The large of the stone groups with Minninglow in the distance.

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Gib Hill submitted by twentytrees : A fine November sunset. (2 comments)

Gib Hill
Gib Hill submitted by TimPrevett : Viewed from the east, looking west, Gib Hill always looks atmospheric on a decent day.

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Gib Hill submitted by TimPrevett : Gib Hill with a distant barrow on the skyline.

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Gib Hill submitted by enkidu41 : The replaced capstone in 2004. As can be seen from the picture submitted by PaulM 3 years ago it will not be long before the capstone is lost to view.

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Gib Hill submitted by Antonine : Gib Hill from Arbor Low, 2011

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Gib Hill submitted by lichen : Gib Hill on 19/5/2022

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Gib Hill submitted by MikeAttwell : Gib Hill taken in the early 1980s. At this time the mound was unfenced and the capstone to the cist had been reconstructed as a cromlech.

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Gib Hill, Arbor Low and the Remarkable Bateman Collection by Andy B on Tuesday, 24 May 2022
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Prof Howard MR Williams writes: Way back in 2014 I posted about Arbor Low and Gib Hill – part of a later prehistoric ceremonial complex in the Derbyshire Peak District – but very recently I received the opportunity to revisit and for a very special purpose. I was asked by Sheffield Museums ( https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=6890 ) to be filmed at this beautiful and evocative set of ancient monuments to discuss the pioneering work of the 19th-century archaeologist Thomas Bateman for the new exhibition: Brought to Light: The Remarkable Bateman Collection (set to run from Friday 27 May 2022 to 15 January 2023).

The exhibition explores the contribution of the Victorian Peak District barrow-digger to the origins of British archaeology and his legacy to this day in terms of ideas and discoveries. Bateman’s work interests me greatly since, in addition to his contribution to Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeology, he was one of a group of early archaeologists and antiquaries who contributed to the birth of Anglo-Saxon archaeology by excavating a series of early medieval furnished burials, most beneath primary burial mounds or inserted in secondary locations into far-earlier prehistoric monuments.

So on 22nd March I met Curator of Archaeology Martha Jasko-Lawrence together with the museum’s cameraman at Arbor Low. We decided to film at Gib Hill.

I answered a range of questions prepared by Lucy Cooper of Sheffield Museums about Bateman’s inspirations for and approach to barrow-digging, this methods, and the broader context of his thinking as well as the implications of his discoveries. In particular, I addressed how his status as ‘local hero’ might be more complicated than it first appears.

More at
https://howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2022/05/24/gib-hill-arbor-low-and-the-remarkable-bateman-collection/
and more about the exhibition here, which opens this week
https://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/museums/weston-park/exhibitions/brought-to-light-the-remarkable-bateman-collection
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Re: Gib Hill by lscollinson on Monday, 30 December 2019
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Standing close to the monument and looking through the nearby trees onto the horizon the ancient hilltop site of Minninglow can be seen.
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The Afterlife of Monuments in the English Peak District by by Alice Rogers by Andy B on Saturday, 19 January 2013
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The Afterlife of Monuments in the English Peak District: The Evidence of Early Bronze Age Burials by Alice Rogers

This research is an investigation of the locations of Late Neolithic
and Early Bronze Age round barrows in the Peak District. The work involved close examination of the barrows present around two earlier monuments: the Long Low bank barrow and the henge at Arbor Low. Using a Geographic Information System, it considered the densities of the barrows around these focal monuments, inter-visibility between the sites, and the distribution of distinctive artefacts in the surrounding area. The results raise important questions about the role of memory in the past.

Publication Date: 2013
Publication Name: Oxford Journal of Archaeology Vol 32 Issue 1 (subscription required)

http://www.academia.edu/2396568/The_Afterlife_of_Monuments_in_the_English_Peak_District_The_Evidence_of_Early_Bronze_Age_Burials
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Re: Gib Hill by AngieLake on Friday, 01 April 2011
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An intriguing passage from 'A Land of Gods and Giants' by Mick Sharp, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1989:

"...... Gib Hill round barrow was the site of a gibbet in the 18th century."
(I'm sure he knew an older long barrow was underneath it.)

[.. and talking of Bateman's 1848 excavation]:

"..... knocking away the props from his tunnel at the bottom of the mound, Thomas Bateman was surprised by the collapse of a limestone cist from just below the summit. Tumbling with the debris came a cremation and a small bottery urn.

The tumulus covered four compacted mounds of clay mixed with hazel-wood and charcoal, arranged in a square on a surface of flints and ox bones. Bateman believed the first phase of the monument was not sepulchral, and its similarity to the core of Silbury Hill is suggestive."
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Re: Gib Hill FAO Tim mainly! by AngieLake on Tuesday, 12 January 2010
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Thanks Tim! I see what you mean now. I envied you being there then.
I saw you commenting to Nicola about your frozen fingers. Remember that well when I took some pics there in Dec 07 [see above]. Never been so cold!
I do love it up there.
My youngest son, Adam, and his family live in Derby, and when visiting them I always try to get a day away in the Peak District, and seldom miss a visit to Arbor Low and Gib Hill.
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Re: Gib Hill FAO Angie mainly! by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 12 January 2010
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Angie - you ask about the colour of the sky on the winter solstice pics - here's a short clip of mine on YouTube which lets you see the colours as you zoom in...
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