Arbor Low, Stonehenge of the Peaks
In May 2015, we made a visit in May last year to Arbor Low, a neolithic 'henge' in the Peak District, near Moneyash. It was a cloudy day with rain gusting in over the hills as we drove there. The henge has several attractive stands of trees overlooking it. We just parked in a rough lay-by at the side of the road, opposite the footpath that leads down to the stones. The way passes through a farmyard where a cat was watching us through a broken barn window. I was surprised when reviewing the pictures to see that the only ones I had of the stones were taken in infrared. The circle comprises around 50 large limestone blocks which may once have been raised vertically and it is surrounded by an earthen bank. During excavations in 1901 a skeleton was found in the middle of the circle. We ended the day with a quick visit to Dovedale, where I again used my infrared camera.