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Bowl barrow on Masson Hill

England
List entry 1011201
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011201
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SK 28607 58670
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Masson Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Matlock in Derbyshire. The barrow takes the form of a rounded mound typical of Bronze Age burial practice in the Midlands, constructed to cover inhumation or cremation burials beneath. Its position on Masson Hill reflects the Bronze Age practice of siting burial monuments in prominent landscape locations with extensive visibility. The monument survives as a scheduled ancient monument and represents an important element of the prehistoric funerary landscape of the Peak District region.

Bowl barrow on Masson Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011201. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Masson Hill?

Bowl barrow on Masson Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Matlock in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011201.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Masson Hill?

Bowl barrow on Masson Hill 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 1011201.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Masson Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Middleton Top winding engine house, wheels and wheel-pit (3.6 km), Remains of Nether Ratchwood and Rantor lead mines, 200m west of Old Lane (3.7 km), Standing cross in the churchyard of St Mary's Church (4.7 km).

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Monuments
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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.
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Middleton Top winding engine house, wheels and wheel-pit
3.6 km
Remains of Nether Ratchwood and Rantor lead mines, 200m west of Old Lane
3.7 km
Standing cross in the churchyard of St Mary's Church
4.7 km
Ivet Low bowl barrow
5 km
Meerbrook sough portal 380m south west of Leashaw Farm
5.3 km
Round Low bowl barrow
6 km
Bowl barrow on Carsington Pasture, 800m south east of Brassington Brickworks
6.1 km
Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, Break Hollow and other small mines and medieval field boundaries
6.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Masson Hill

Bowl barrow on Masson Hill stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Carboniferous, bedrock that formed in the Carboniferous. The rock here is mafic lava.

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