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Bowl barrow on Haddon Fields

England
List entry 1011858
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011858
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.12 hectares
Grid reference
SK 21488 65357
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Haddon Fields is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a common form of funerary monument erected during the Bronze Age in the British landscape. The site is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the Derbyshire region. Bowl barrows such as this example represent important archaeological resources for understanding Bronze Age communities and their approach to commemorating the dead through monumental construction.

Bowl barrow on Haddon Fields is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011858. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Haddon Fields?

Bowl barrow on Haddon Fields is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011858.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Haddon Fields?

Bowl barrow on Haddon Fields 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 1011858.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Haddon Fields?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval grange and field system, 200m south of Royston Grange (8.9 km), Galley Low bowl barrow (8.9 km), Romano-British field system, 420m south east of Roystone Grange (8.9 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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval grange and field system, 200m south of Royston Grange
8.9 km
Galley Low bowl barrow
8.9 km
Romano-British field system, 420m south east of Roystone Grange
8.9 km
Romano-British field wall and embankment, 200m south west of Roystone Grange
8.9 km
Prehistoric and Romano-British barrow and medieval animal pen, 450m south east of Roystone Grange
8.9 km
Moot Low bowl barrow
9.1 km
Romano-British settlement and field system, 600m south of Roystone Grange
9.3 km
Blackstone's Low bowl barrow
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Haddon Fields

Bowl barrow on Haddon Fields stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

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