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Lean Low bowl barrow

England
List entry 1010930
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010930
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SK 14953 62219
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Lean Low bowl barrow is a Neolithic burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a form of burial cairn or mound common to the prehistoric period. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important example of early funerary architecture from the Neolithic or early Bronze Age tradition of ritual landscape use in the Peak District region.

Lean Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010930. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Lean Low bowl barrow?

Lean Low bowl barrow is a Neolithic burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010930.

Who is responsible for protecting Lean Low bowl barrow?

Lean 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 1010930.

What other scheduled monuments are near Lean Low bowl barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sharp Low bowl barrow (9.4 km), Bowl barrow 420m north of Beechenhill (9.5 km), Cromwell's Low bowl barrow (9.6 km).

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Monuments
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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
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Sharp Low bowl barrow
9.4 km
Bowl barrow 420m north of Beechenhill
9.5 km
Cromwell's Low bowl barrow
9.6 km
Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Beechenhill
9.6 km
Ilamtops Low bowl barrow
9.6 km
Bowl barrow 380m north-west of Beechenhill
9.7 km
Boars Low bowl barrow
9.8 km
Civil War redoubt 150m east of Tissington Hall
10.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Lean Low bowl barrow

Lean 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.

Domesday entry for Ludwell, Derbyshire →
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