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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 →
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.
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.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bank Top bowl barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
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.