Stunning image captures misty dawn breaking over ancient circle in Derbyshire's Peak District

As thick fog clings to lower areas of the Derbyshire Peak District the neolithic tree circle of Minninglow breaks through the gloom as dawn breaks this morning in this stunning photo captured by Rod Kirkpatrick.

Minninglow is the largest and most prominently sited cairn in the Peak District, just over a mile to the west of Aldwark. Surrounded by a beech plantation between the villages of Parwich and Elton, it is a landmark for miles around.

Measuring 111ft by 144ft, 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.