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Blackstone's Low bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork and represents an important funerary tradition of prehistoric communities in the Peak District region. Bowl barrows of this type typically contained inhumations or cremations and often comprised a central burial pit surrounded by a circular mound of earth and stone. The site is a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of ritual practice and settlement patterns in prehistoric Derbyshire.
Blackstone's Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010098. View the official record →
Blackstone's Low bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010098.
Blackstone's Low 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 1010098.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bank Top bowl barrow (3.7 km), Bank Top oval barrow (3.7 km), Two bowl barrows on Stand Low (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Blackstone's Low 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.
Blackstone's Low bowl barrow stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.