Stone Circles in Derbyshire
These are a circular alignment of standing stones commonly found across Northern Europe and Great Britain and typically date from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age eras with most concentrations appearing from 3000 BC.
Sometimes they are found in association with a burial pit or burial chamber but the great majority of these monuments have no such association.
Considering the size of some of the stones used then construction would have involved a considerable number of well organised people to build them.
Oddly the stone circles survive but only in rare exceptions is there any evidence of where the labour force lived maybe indicating that they only occupied the area during construction.
The sites would probably have been visited by people travelling a considerable distance as large settlements are not found close by and there is forensic evidence that animals were eaten at these places.
So does this indicate some sort of pilgrimage?
Archaeological evidence suggests that burial and commemoration of the dead also took place.
It has been suggested that the purpose of these sites changed over time.
Stone circles and henges appear to have developed in Britain from around 3000 to 2000 BC during the later Neolithic period but were reused in the late Bronze Age (1200–800 BC) as cremation cemeteries and cremation pyres.

Some examples to be found in Derbyshire –
Barbrook I
Barbrook II
Barbrook III
Doll Tor
Nine Stones Close
Parkgate
Seven Brideron (Bretheren) lost stone circle
Seven Stones of Hordron Edge
Stoke Flat