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Bowl barrow west of Castlegate Lane is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Derbyshire. The site consists of a distinctive bowl-shaped earthwork characteristic of prehistoric burial mounds, which would have been constructed to cover the remains and grave goods of one or more individuals. Such barrows represent significant archaeological evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices across the Midlands, contributing to broader understanding of ceremonial and mortuary activity during the third and second millennia before the present era. The monument's survival and protected status reflect its importance as a tangible record of Derbyshire's early prehistory.
Bowl barrow west of Castlegate Lane is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008789. View the official record →
Bowl barrow west of Castlegate Lane is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008789.
Bowl barrow west of Castlegate Lane 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 1008789.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bee Low bowl barrow (8.1 km), Medieval settlement on the north western slopes of Cales Dale, 490m north west of Cales Farm (8.1 km), Alport smelt mill (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow west of Castlegate Lane'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 west of Castlegate Lane stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.