Scheduled MonumentsEnglandMiddleton Moor platformed bowl barrow

Middleton Moor platformed bowl barrow

England
List entry 1009028
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009028
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.21 hectares
Grid reference
SK 26457 55709
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Middleton Moor platformed bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Derbyshire, England. The barrow comprises a bowl-shaped mound constructed upon an artificial platform, a distinctive architectural feature that reflects deliberate landscape modification typical of later prehistoric burial practices. The site dates to the Bronze Age period, when such earthworks served as prominent markers for elite or community burials across the upland regions of the Midlands. The platformed construction suggests careful ceremonial planning and represents an important example of Bronze Age mortuary architecture in the region.

Middleton Moor platformed bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009028. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Middleton Moor platformed bowl barrow?

Middleton Moor platformed bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009028.

Who is responsible for protecting Middleton Moor platformed bowl barrow?

Middleton Moor 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 1009028.

What other scheduled monuments are near Middleton Moor platformed bowl barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval settlement and part of an open field system, 250m north west of Callow Hall (3.7 km), Callow Hall moated site (3.9 km), Bank Top bowl barrow (6.2 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Middleton Moor platformed bowl barrow

Middleton Moor platformed bowl barrow stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Carboniferous, bedrock that formed in the Carboniferous. The rock here is mafic lava.