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Bowl barrow and wayside cross WSW of Pilsley

England
List entry 1009290
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009290
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SK 23487 70794
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow and wayside cross WSW of Pilsley is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Derbyshire. The site comprises a bowl barrow, a burial mound of characteristic hemispherical form typical of the Bronze Age period, alongside a wayside cross of later medieval or post-medieval date. The barrow represents evidence of ritual and funerary practice during the Bronze Age, when such mounds served as repositories for elite or significant burials, whilst the cross indicates the site's continued significance in the landscape throughout subsequent historical periods. The co-location of these two monuments of different periods demonstrates the enduring ceremonial importance of this location across millennia.

Bowl barrow and wayside cross WSW of Pilsley is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009290. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow and wayside cross WSW of Pilsley?

Bowl barrow and wayside cross WSW of Pilsley is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009290.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow and wayside cross WSW of Pilsley?

Bowl barrow and wayside cross WSW of Pilsley 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 1009290.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow and wayside cross WSW of Pilsley?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Harthill Moor bowl barrow (8.3 km), Cratcliff Rocks defended settlement (8.5 km), Cratcliff Rocks hermitage (8.5 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Harthill Moor bowl barrow
8.3 km
Cratcliff Rocks defended settlement
8.5 km
Cratcliff Rocks hermitage
8.5 km
Old Millclose engine house and associated features, 570m south west of Cowley Hall
9.2 km
Darley Bridge
9.4 km
Medieval settlement immediately south east of Smerrill Grange
9.6 km
Mount Pleasant lead mines, immediately south of Wensley
10.3 km
Kenslow Knoll bowl barrow
10.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow and wayside cross WSW of Pilsley

Bowl barrow and wayside cross WSW of Pilsley stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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