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Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 625m WSW of Calton Houses

England
List entry 1007996
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007996
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SK 23954 68308
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, approximately 625 metres west-southwest of Calton Houses. The monument comprises a simple bowl-shaped earthwork typical of Bronze Age funerary practice in the English Midlands. Such barrows served as repositories for cremated or inhumed remains and often accompanied grave goods, reflecting the ritual and social structures of Bronze Age communities. The site is statutorily protected as a scheduled ancient monument, recognising its significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial practice in the region.

Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 625m WSW of Calton Houses is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007996. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 625m WSW of Calton Houses?

Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, approximately 625 metres west-southwest of Calton Houses. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007996.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 625m WSW of Calton Houses?

Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 625m WSW of Calton Houses 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 1007996.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 625m WSW of Calton Houses?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two lead mines known as Winster Pitts and Drummer's Venture (8 km), Rainslow Scrins 470m south west of Leadmines Farm (8.2 km), Lead mines 600m and 980m south west of Oddo House Farm (8.5 km).

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Overview
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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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Two lead mines known as Winster Pitts and Drummer's Venture
8 km
Rainslow Scrins 470m south west of Leadmines Farm
8.2 km
Lead mines 600m and 980m south west of Oddo House Farm
8.5 km
Moated site and fishponds 300m north east of Snitterton Hall
8.8 km
Gorseydale lead mines, 300m north and 650m north west of Moor Farm
9 km
Slack, Mount Pleasant and Barmasters Grove lead mines 390m south east of Blakelow Farm
9 km
Beans and Bacon, Old Eye, Fiery Dragon and Cod Beat lead mines and a limekiln 480m south of Blakelow Farm
9.2 km
Smerrill Barn bowl barrow
9.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 625m WSW of Calton Houses

Bowl barrow on Calton Pastures, 625m WSW of Calton Houses 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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