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Hawks Low bowl barrow is a prehistoric burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. The monument consists of a substantial earthen mound typical of Bronze Age funerary practice, dating from the second millennium BC. Bowl barrows of this type represent a distinctive form of elite burial architecture characteristic of the Bronze Age period across the British Isles, and their survival provides important archaeological evidence for understanding prehistoric settlement and burial customs in the Midlands region.
Hawks Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010999. View the official record →
Hawks Low bowl barrow is a prehistoric burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010999.
Hawks 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 1010999.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 380m south-west of Blore Church (8.4 km), Top Low bowl barrow (8.6 km), Medieval settlement including part of open field system, 200m south of Bank Farm (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hawks 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.
Hawks 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.