Gib Hill

Gib Hill is a large burial mound in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England [1]. It is thought to be a Neolithic oval barrow with an Early Bronze Age round barrow superimposed at one end [1]. It is located some 300 metres south-west of Arbor Low henge [1]. Three exploratory excavations were conducted in the 19th century: the first by the owner, Mr Thornhill in 1812, a second by William Bateman and S. Mitchell in 1824, and a third by Thomas Bateman in 1848 [1]. The 1848 excavations uncovered a cist of early Bronze Age date, containing a cremation and food vessel [1]. Gib Hill is part of a complex of prehistoric monuments with Arbor Low [1]. The Neolithic barrow at Gib Hill was probably the first element in the complex [1].