Arbor Low

Ordnance Survey map reference: SK 160636.

Landranger map number: 119.

Latitude: 53.1 degrees.

Longitude: -1.45 degrees.

Architecture: Circle henge with stone row and central cove..

Length of the major axis: 41.5 metres.

Length of the minor axis: 37.2 metres.

Height of the highest stone: 0.4 metres.

Shape: Egg Type 2.

Number of stones in the circle originally: .

Number of stones in the circle now: 22.

Impression of the site (10 amazing, 1 limp): 8

Burl rating of the circle: 3 (Ruined but Recognisable).

Thom reference for the circle: -.

Astronomical alignments from this circle: -.

Excavations undertaken at this circle: 1901-2.

Details of any finds at this circle: Flints.

This circle is in state care.

Access to the circle:

Access to Arbor low is fairly easy. It is situated behind a farm and is sign posted from the near by road. There is a lay by provided for parking. A path through the farm yard leads to the circle which is a few hundred yards away. A complementary fee is usually paid to the farm for the privilege of access.

Arbor low is a large henge with a bank and ditch surrounding the now fallen white and weather worn stones. At the centre of the circle there are the remains of a cove and at one end a large circular barrow of a later date has been built onto the side of the bank. Near by is the mound of Gibb Hill, another later Bronze Age burial mound.Arbor low is in state care, it is an excellent circle to visit and well documented in several books. It is probably the best known stone circle in Derbyshire and, although the stones are now all fallen, it is still an impressive and enigmatic site to visit.

Arbor Low from the top of the barrow built into the south east bank.