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Bowl barrow on Longstone Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on moorland in Derbyshire. The barrow takes the form of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in the upland regions of the Midlands. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents evidence of the burial customs and settlement patterns of Bronze Age communities in the Peak District landscape, contributing to understanding of prehistoric land use in this area. The monument survives as an earthwork feature on Longstone Moor, where it remains an important archaeological resource despite the changes that upland landscapes have undergone since its construction.
Bowl barrow on Longstone Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010801. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Longstone Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on moorland in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010801.
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 1010801.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Meadow Place bowl barrow (8.2 km), Bowl barrow on Haddon Fields (8.3 km), Calling Low bowl barrow (8.5 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.