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Lord's Seat bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. The monument takes the form of a bowl barrow, a characteristic funerary structure consisting of a central burial pit surrounded by a circular earthen mound with a relatively flat top, typical of Bronze Age mortuary practice in the Midlands. Bowl barrows of this type generally date to the second millennium BC and represent an important class of prehistoric funerary monuments in upland and heath regions across Britain. The site is recorded in the national heritage list and remains a significant archaeological survival, preserving evidence of Bronze Age burial customs and settlement patterns in the Derbyshire landscape.
Lord's Seat bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008055. View the official record →
Lord's Seat 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 1008055.
Lord's Seat 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 1008055.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Tong bowl barrow and long barrow (6.5 km), Tides Low bowl barrow, limekiln and standing stone (6.7 km), Tideslow Rake lead rake and lime kiln (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lord's Seat 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.
Lord's Seat bowl barrow stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.