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Bowl barrow on Longstone Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on the moorland of Derbyshire. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound with a bowl-shaped profile, characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice in the Peak District region. Such monuments typically date from the second millennium before Christ and served as focal points for ritual burial and commemoration within prehistoric communities. The site contributes to the broader landscape of Bronze Age remains documented across the Derbyshire uplands.
Bowl barrow on Longstone Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008770. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Longstone Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on the moorland of Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008770.
Bowl barrow on Longstone Moor 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 1008770.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Grindlow bowl barrow (6.8 km), Lathkill Dale and Mandale mines and soughs (7.7 km), Bowl barrow on Haddon Fields (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Longstone Moor'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.
Bowl barrow on Longstone Moor stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.