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Harthill Moor bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a form of funerary monument widespread across the British landscape during the Bronze Age. The barrow represents an important example of prehistoric burial practice and ritual landscape development in the East Midlands region. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed human remains, often accompanied by grave goods, though specific details of any interment at this site would require archaeological investigation to establish with certainty.
Harthill Moor bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009435. View the official record →
Harthill Moor bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009435.
Harthill Moor 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 1009435.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Harboro' Cave (7.6 km), Romano-British settlement and field system at Rainster Rocks (7.8 km), Round Low bowl barrow (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Harthill Moor 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.
Harthill Moor bowl barrow stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.