Long Low, Wetton

Long Low is a Neolithic and Bronze Age site in the English county of Staffordshire [1]. It is about 2 km SE of Wetton [1]. It consists of two round cairns linked by a connecting bank – an unusual layout and one that is unique in England [1]. The northern cairn measures 23 metres in diameter and survives to a height of 2.4 metres [1]. It appears to be related to other chamber tombs of the Peak District group and was excavated by Samuel Carrington in 1849 [1]. Carrington found a burial chamber built from limestone orthostats with a paved floor [1]. The bones of thirteen individuals were recovered as well as three leaf-shaped flint arrowheads [1]. The smaller southern cairn is 15 metres across and survives to 1.2 metres in height following extensive modern damage [1].