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Bowl barrow on Withery Low is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Derbyshire, England. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork mound with the characteristic bowl-shaped profile typical of Bronze Age funerary monuments of the second millennium BC. Such burial mounds were constructed to mark the graves of individuals of social importance and often contained inhumations or cremations accompanied by grave goods. The monument represents an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the Peak District region.
Bowl barrow on Withery Low is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008935. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Withery Low is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008935.
Bowl barrow on Withery Low 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 1008935.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn at Gospel Hillocks, Cowdale (5.2 km), Oval Cairn at Gospel Hillocks, Cowdale (5.3 km), Bowl barrow known as Priestcliffe Low, 200m west of Low End Farm (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Withery Low'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 Withery Low stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.