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Cow Low bowl barrow is a Neolithic burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows constructed during the Neolithic period, characterized by a raised central mound surrounded by a ditch. Bowl barrows of this type served as communal or individual burial monuments and represent significant evidence of early funerary practice in the English Midlands. The site is designated as a scheduled monument, reflecting its archaeological importance as a well-preserved example of Neolithic monumental architecture.
Cow Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008998. View the official record →
Cow Low bowl barrow is a Neolithic burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008998.
Cow 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 1008998.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cowdale Quarry limestone extraction and processing site 540m north east of Staden Manor (6.3 km), Staden earthwork (6.6 km), Round cairn at Gospel Hillocks, Cowdale (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cow Low bowl barrow'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.
Cow Low bowl barrow stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.