Minninglow
Minninglow (also called Minning Low and Roystone Cairn) is a megalithic complex that belongs to the "Derbyshire chamber tombs" (like Five Wells , Green Low and the ruined Harborough Rocks). It is northeast of Roystone Grange at Longcliffe in the Peak District in Derbyshire in England . The ensemble is located in a circular plantation of bushes, next to old trees, on Minninglow Hill not far from the High Peak Trail .
The Neolithic chamber 1, which lies in the middle of the earth wall, is probably part of the initial phase of the monument, to which further chambers and an earth wall were added. The burials and cremations must have occurred during the Bronze Age and the Roman period. The complex consists of a west-east and several north-south facing chambers, two of which still have their oversized capstones, while the others are badly damaged. Chamber 1 was deeper in its original condition, but had to be filled with gravel to prevent it from collapsing.
Two round burial mounds (bowl-barrow type) are nearby. The system is otherwise very similar to the stone box from Knockmaree in Ireland.
literature
- Glyn Daniel : The Prehistoric Chambered Tombs of England and Wales, 1950, Cambridge University Press.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 6 ′ 44.5 " N , 1 ° 41 ′ 19.5" W.