Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBank Top bowl barrow

Bank Top bowl barrow

England
List entry 1008938
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008938
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SK 21628 51784
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bank Top bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Derbyshire, England. The site consists of a bowl barrow, a type of burial mound characterised by a central burial chamber surrounded by an earthen bank, typical of the Early Bronze Age period. As part of Derbyshire's significant barrow landscape, the monument contributes to the archaeological record of prehistoric burial practices in the Peak District region. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1008938, reflecting its recognised importance as a surviving example of Bronze Age mortuary architecture.

Bank Top bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008938. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bank Top bowl barrow?

Bank Top bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008938.

Who is responsible for protecting Bank Top bowl barrow?

Bank Top bowl barrow is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1008938.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bank Top bowl barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval moated site, ridge and furrow, and mill site at Sturston (5.2 km), Medieval settlement and open field system immediately north of Old Hall (5.5 km), Hulland Old Hall moat, enclosure, chapel site and four fishponds. (6.1 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bank Top bowl barrow

Bank Top bowl barrow stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Bank Top bowl barrow

Battle of Hopton Heath 1643Battle (1643) · ~22.5 miles