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Cow Low bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located near Tunstead Quarry in Derbyshire. The monument is a substantial earthwork of bowl barrow type, characteristic of funerary monuments constructed during the second millennium BC across the English uplands. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important archaeological resource documenting Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the Peak District region. The barrow's survival in the landscape, despite proximity to quarrying activity, provides evidence of prehistoric ritual and social organisation in this area.
Cow Low bowl barrow (Tunstead Quarry) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017541. View the official record →
Cow Low bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located near Tunstead Quarry in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017541.
Cow Low bowl barrow (Tunstead Quarry) 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 1017541.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fox Hole Cave (6.8 km), Cronkston Low bowl barrow (6.8 km), Two bowl barrows at Pilsbury (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cow Low bowl barrow (Tunstead Quarry)'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 (Tunstead Quarry) stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.