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Calling Low bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England, forming part of the wider archaeological landscape of barrow cemeteries characteristic of upland regions during the second millennium before the present. The monument is a bowl barrow, the most common form of burial mound from this period, consisting of a central burial chamber or grave cut into the ground and surrounded by a circular earthen mound. Bowl barrows of this type typically contained inhumations or cremations accompanied by grave goods such as pottery and metalwork, though the specific contents of Calling Low are not universally documented in accessible sources. The site remains a significant example of Bronze Age mortuary practice and demonstrates the pattern of ceremonial burial in the Derbyshire uplands.
Calling Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008003. View the official record →
Calling Low bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England, forming part of the wider archaeological landscape of barrow cemeteries characteristic of upland regions during the second millennium before the present. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008003.
Calling Low bowl barrow 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 1008003.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British field wall and embankment, 200m south west of Roystone Grange (8.6 km), Medieval grange and field system, 200m south of Royston Grange (8.6 km), Romano-British field system, 420m south east of Roystone Grange (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Calling Low bowl barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Calling Low bowl barrow stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.