Snow showers drift in as dawn breaks over a neolithic burial mound and ring of trees in the Derbyshire Peak District near Parwich kknown as Minninglow.

Minninglow is the largest and most prominently sited cairn in the Peak District. Surrounded by a beech plantation 500m to the east of The High Peak Trail between the villages of Parwich and Elton, it is a landmark for miles around.

Measuring 34m by 44m, the cairn consists of at least four chambers and has undergone a number of construction phases. The Low originally began life as a single chamber with a small mound comprised mainly of limestone probably during the Neolithic period. It was later covered by a long cairn with four chambers and later still converted into a massive circular mound, perhaps during the Bronze Age.

Shot with a drone with permission from landowner by Rod Kirkpatrick who holds a PfCO and drone insurance.