Five Wells

Five Wells is a Neolithic chambered tomb between the villages of Chelmorton and Taddington on Taddington Moor in the Derbyshire Peak District in England [1]. The tomb is a protected scheduled ancient monument [1]. Three stones mark the main chamber, which has been dramatically reduced; a second less well-preserved chamber is to the west [1]. The burial mound is over 20 metres in diameter and was first excavated by the local archaeologist Thomas Bateman in 1846 [1]. The chambers have paved floors [1]. Bateman discovered the remains of at least twelve human skeletons [1]. Subsequent excavations found further human remains, pottery and flint tools in the chambers and passages and a separate cist within the mound [1].