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‘Arbelows’ – a capital British monument

Edited by Joe Perry (Buxton Museum and Art Gallery) | Added on 15th August 2017

Arbor Low was a source of fascination to early antiquarians. The Chesterfield-born Reverend Samual Pegge (1704-1796) included an illustration of the monument in his pamphlet, A Disquisition on the lows or barrows in the Peak of Derbyshire particularly that capital British monument called Arbelows.

The illustration was one of thousands pasted in Isabella Thornhill’s copy of the Lyson’s Magna Britannia.

Derbyshire Record Office catalogue number: D258/54/3

Whilst Pegge’s illustration could be accused of using a little artistic license, it does show the monument in a form similar to that we see today. The picture clearly shows the stones lying down, with two entrances in the ditch and bank, and the large barrow that is built into part of the henge.

This illustration has been taken from Derbyshire Record Office’s copy of Lysons’ Magna Britannia.

To search their full catalogue, and to find out more, visit the link below:

http://calmview.derbyshire.gov.uk/CalmView/How.aspx

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Connections in the Landscape

You can experience ‘Arbelows’ – a capital British monument out in the Peak District or Derbyshire by visiting the location marked on the map below, or find it with the help of the Pocket Wonders app.

Connections in the Museum

The objects below can be found in the Wonders of the Peak exhibition. Each has a connection to ‘Arbelows’ – a capital British monument.

  • Exhibit 1.37: Barbed-and-tanged flint arrowhead
  • Exhibit 1.38: Leaf-shaped flint arrowhead
  • Exhibit 1.39: Polished axehead, made from epidorite
  • Exhibit 13.16: Flint scraper
  • Exhibit 13.32: 'Leaf-shaped' flint arrowhead
  • Exhibit 13.35: 'Oblique' flint arrowhead
  • Exhibit 13.44: 'Barbed-and-tanged' flint arrowhead
  • Exhibit 19.10: Stone axehead
  • Exhibit 19.11: Flint scraper
  • Exhibit 19.12: Retouched chert flake
  • Exhibit 19.18: 'Plano-convex' Flint knife
  • Exhibit 19.19: Gritstone bead
  • Exhibit 19.20: Gritstone draughtsman
  • Exhibit 19.21: Flint 'end' scraper, Flint 'end' scraper,
  • Exhibit 19.22: Flint 'side' scraper
  • Exhibit 19.23: Chisel-shaped flint arrowhead
  • Exhibit 19.27: Leaf-shaped flint arrowhead, Leaf-shaped flint arrowhead,
  • Exhibit 19.3: Skull of a middle-aged man
  • Exhibit 19.4: Discoidal flint knife
  • Exhibit 19.5: Fragment of a mace head
  • Exhibit 19.6: Polished axehead
  • Exhibit 19.7: Flint chisel
  • Exhibit 19.8: Sandstone whetstone
  • Exhibit 19.9: Stone axehammer
  • Exhibit PG10: Polished flint knife

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