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Meadow Place bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. The monument consists of a simple earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type constructed during the prehistoric period. Such barrows served as burial places and were often constructed over primary inhumations, with their distinctive rounded dome-like form visible in the landscape. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and represents an important example of the funerary practices and monumental architecture of prehistoric Derbyshire.
Meadow Place bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008000. View the official record →
Meadow Place bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008000.
Meadow Place 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 1008000.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval grange and field system, 200m south of Royston Grange (8.5 km), Romano-British field wall and embankment, 200m south west of Roystone Grange (8.6 km), Romano-British field system, 420m south east of Roystone Grange (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Meadow Place 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.
Meadow Place bowl barrow stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.