© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Cow Low bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Tunstead Quarry in Derbyshire. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound characteristic of the Early Bronze Age period, when such burial structures were widely constructed across the upland regions of the Peak District. The site represents an important example of the ritual landscape associated with prehistoric communities in the Midlands. Like many similar bowl barrows in the region, it would have originally contained an inhumed burial, though the monument has been subject to antiquarian investigation and quarrying activity that may have compromised its archaeological integrity.
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 funerary monument 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).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Cow Low bowl barrow (Tunstead Quarry)