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Borther Low is a Bronze Age bowl barrow situated in Derbyshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of burial practices during the Bronze Age, when such barrows served as funerary monuments for prominent members of prehistoric communities. Bowl barrows of this type typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, though specific details of Borther Low's internal deposits remain a matter of archaeological record. The site represents an important example of the funerary monuments that dominated the Derbyshire landscape during the second millennium BC.
Borther Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008002. View the official record →
Borther Low is a Bronze Age bowl barrow situated in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008002.
Borther 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 1008002.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church (8.2 km), Anglian high cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church (8.2 km), Boars Low bowl barrow (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Borther Low bowl barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Borther 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.