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Larks Low bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial form across prehistoric Britain. Such barrows typically date to the Bronze Age period and served as communal or individual burial monuments for elevated members of society. The site remains a significant example of the funerary practices and landscape management of Bronze Age communities in the Midlands region.
Larks Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008060. View the official record →
Larks Low 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 1008060.
Larks 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 1008060.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Carsington Pasture, 800m south east of Brassington Brickworks (9.4 km), Moat Low bowl barrow (9.7 km), Carsington Pasture, Nickalum, Perserverance, West Head, Break Hollow and other small mines and medieval field boundaries (9.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Larks Low bowl barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Larks 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.