Five wells
Five Wells ( German "five sources" ) is a megalithic complex in Taddington near Chelmorton in the Peak District in Derbyshire England . The highest British facility is on the moor overlooking the valley.
The system belonging to the “Derbyshire chamber tombs” is (e.g. Green Low, Harborough Rocks (destroyed) and Minninglow ) a variety of the Medway Tombs .
Only part of the plant survived. Most of the material has been removed from the approximately 28.0 m round mound, but the mound diameter can still be seen. The capstones of the chambers and the corridors are missing. The remains arise from originally two back to back limestone chambers that were oriented east-west and could be entered from a corridor through the disappeared hill. The eastern chamber is relatively intact, while the western one is more disturbed , but was clearly structurally identical. The chambers are trapezoidal and taper towards the end. Three sides are formed by large limestone slabs , this area is similar to the structural condition known from Wedge Tombs . The entrance to the chamber is formed by 1.5 m high portal stones, which form the front in a way that is typical for Clyde Tombs . However, there is no forecourt here in front of the high portal , but a long rectangular corridor, so that the overall floor plan is roughly spade-shaped.
literature
- Glyn Daniel : The Prehistoric Chambered Tombs of England and Wales, 1950, Cambridge University Press.
Web links
Coordinates: 53 ° 14 ′ 10.5 ″ N , 1 ° 48 ′ 57.5 ″ W.