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Fox Low bowl barrow

England
List entry 1008921
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008921
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SK 06729 71236
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Fox Low is a Neolithic bowl barrow located in Derbyshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork mound typical of Neolithic funerary practice, dating to the period between approximately 4000 and 2500 BC. Bowl barrows of this type served as communal or individual burial monuments and represent significant evidence of early agricultural settlement patterns in the Peak District region. The site remains an important archaeological record of Neolithic ritual practice and landscape use in the Midlands.

Fox Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008921. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Fox Low bowl barrow?

Fox Low is a Neolithic bowl barrow located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008921.

Who is responsible for protecting Fox Low bowl barrow?

Fox 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 1008921.

What other scheduled monuments are near Fox Low bowl barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hollins Hill bowl barrow (3.4 km), Dowel Cave (3.7 km), Nether Low bowl barrow (4.6 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hollins Hill bowl barrow
3.4 km
Dowel Cave
3.7 km
Nether Low bowl barrow
4.6 km
Bowl barrow north-east of Coatestown
4.9 km
Fox Hole Cave
6 km
Cronkston Low bowl barrow
7 km
Bowl barrow 360m north-west of The Low
8.3 km
Bowl barrow 170m north of The Low
8.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Fox Low bowl barrow

Fox 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.

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