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Bowl barrow on Withery Low is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire. The monument takes the form of a simple hemispherical or bowl-shaped earthwork, characteristic of barrow construction during the Bronze Age period, and represents an important example of prehistoric funerary practice in the English Midlands. The barrow's survival as an upstanding earthwork provides evidence of burial customs and settlement patterns in Bronze Age Derbyshire, contributing to our understanding of prehistoric communities in the region.
Bowl barrow on Withery Low is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008936. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Withery Low is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008936.
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 1008936.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn at Gospel Hillocks, Cowdale (5.1 km), Oval Cairn at Gospel Hillocks, Cowdale (5.2 km), Bowl barrow known as Priestcliffe Low, 200m west of Low End Farm (5.7 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 Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Carboniferous, bedrock that formed in the Carboniferous. The rock here is mafic lava.