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Hoon Mount platformed bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial monument located in Derbyshire. The barrow comprises a circular mound constructed upon a substantial platform, a distinctive architectural feature that reflects sophisticated prehistoric engineering and planning. Such platformed barrows are relatively uncommon in the English archaeological record and represent a notable variant of the bowl barrow type. The monument preserves evidence of ritual funerary practice during the period when chambered and unchambered burial mounds were erected across Britain as focal points for community identity and the commemoration of the dead.
Hoon Mount platformed bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011203. View the official record →
Hoon Mount platformed bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial monument located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011203.
Hoon Mount platformed 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 1011203.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tutbury Castle (3.3 km), Barton Blount medieval settlement remains, including a chapel, decoy pond and part of the open field system, 340m north of Barton Hall (3.6 km), Three sections of medieval town boundary located to the south and west of Tutbury (3.9 km).
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