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Cronkston Low is a Bronze Age bowl barrow located in Derbyshire, England. The monument consists of a circular burial mound characteristic of the Early Bronze Age period, when such earthworks served as communal or elite burial monuments across the English landscape. The barrow's physical form represents the typical mound construction of its era, raised over a primary inhumation or cremation burial, often accompanied by grave goods. As a scheduled monument, Cronkston Low contributes to the archaeological record of Derbyshire's prehistoric funerary practices and settlement patterns.
Cronkston Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017540. View the official record →
Cronkston Low is a Bronze Age bowl barrow located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017540.
Cronkston 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 1017540.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 200m south-west of Ecton Hill (8.6 km), Hanging Bank bowl barrow (8.8 km), Bowl barrow on Narrowdale Hill (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cronkston 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.
Cronkston 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.