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"ENGADING WITH THE PUBLIC ON THE TOPIC OF PREHISTORY IN BRITAIN THROUGH A BLEND OF EXPEREMENTAL METHODS AND HERATAGE CRAFTS SHAPES THE WAY WE EXPLORE OUR ANCIENT PAST AS WELL AS SUSTANIBLE PRACTICES, OLD WISDOMS THAT MAY CHANGE THE WAY WE SEE THE NATURE AROUND US. "
Lewis Tingle- Founder of Into Wilderness
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we strongly encourage anyone who visits the center to check out any of these three internationally recognized Neolithic and Bronze age sites while visiting the area.
Arobor low ‘Eorthburg Hlaw’
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The name Arbor Low appears to derive from ‘Eorthburg Hlaw’, meaning ‘earthwork mound’. It consists of a massive bank and internal ditch surrounding a central area with stone settings.Today the bank stands to an average height of 2.1 metres (7 feet), and its almost circular crest has a diameter of 79 x 75 metres
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Five wells tomb
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Reputed to be the highest megalithic tomb in Britain, Five Wells chambered cairn stands on the false crest of a limestone plateau, 427m (1400ft) high on Taddington Moor, Derbyshire, overlooking the fertile Wye valley.
The chambered cairn is now a shadow of its former self after the mound was removed by wall builders around 200 years ago and after extensive excavation by the local antiquarian Thomas Bateman in 1846. Only one of the chambers is still fully standing. first excavated in 1846 12 skeletal remarins
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mininnglow
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Minninglow is a Neolithic and Bronze Age burial site consisting of two chambered tombs and several later burial mounds. The site sits on a low limestone hill and is easily identified by the clump of tall beech trees planted on the summit in the 18th or 19th century. It’s one of the most impressive and accessible ancient monuments in the Peak District.
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