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Image of Pea Low (Chambered Cairn) by postman

A very under appreciated site, cant see why, look at it.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
Image of Pea Low (Chambered Cairn) by postman

A beautiful evening, just Eric, Pea low and me.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
Image of Pea Low (Chambered Cairn) by postman

The big excavation scar, they didn’t find owt, only that it had been reused by some Romans.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
Image of Pea Low (Chambered Cairn) by postman

It’s just massive this thing, I cant help but be reminded of the big Irish tombs, but without all the bollocks.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
Image of Pea Low (Chambered Cairn) by postman

Filthy god damn stinking no brain waste of space.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
Image of Pea Low (Chambered Cairn) by postman

Isn’t light the most beautiful thing, like ever.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
Image of Pea Low (Chambered Cairn) by postman

I cant believe no one has posted on this site for ten years and even then it was still me, ‘in the wind Stu.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
Image of Pea Low (Chambered Cairn) by postman

South of the big barrow, from the road heading east out of Alstonefield.

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Pea Low

[visited 4/12/16] My what a beast this is. Magic.gov.uk has this as an oversized bowl barrow akin to the much smaller mounds on the hills to the north and west, I disagree entirely. This is surely one of the neolithic round cairns that dot the landscape of the southern white peak.

Its lovely here on a cold sunny winters day with low light spreading the shadows. The two pits are clear as are the original quarry pits in the surrounding fields. Its placement in the landscape is suggestive of a different purpose to the cairns on the steep hills nearby, this one much closer to the valleys and the water sources, not so much a statement to the gods but a usable monument for the everyday folk.

Access is ok. About 15-20 minutes walk from Alstonfield over muddy fields.

Pea Low

Pea Low is one of the Peaks best preserved barrows, and it is enormous around 45mx40m and still over 3m high.
It is thought it may contain chambers but none have been found, Bateman and Carrington half heartedly excavated here several times in the 1840’s. The outcome of their work showed that the barrow had been re-used much later for Roman burials.

The views from the barrow are excellent through 360’.

Theres a small car park in Alstonefield, you can see Pea Low on a nearby hill only a short walk away.

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