Scheduled MonumentsEnglandNettly Knowe bowl barrow

Nettly Knowe bowl barrow

England
List entry 1009002
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009002
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SK 15224 56112
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Nettly Knowe bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Derbyshire. The monument consists of a simple bowl-shaped earthwork characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in the Midlands region. Bowl barrows of this type typically date to the second millennium BC and functioned as communal or individual burial monuments. The site remains a significant example of prehistoric ritual landscape archaeology in Derbyshire, preserving evidence of early Bronze Age mortuary traditions.

Nettly Knowe bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009002. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Nettly Knowe bowl barrow?

Nettly Knowe bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009002.

Who is responsible for protecting Nettly Knowe bowl barrow?

Nettly Knowe 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 1009002.

What other scheduled monuments are near Nettly Knowe bowl barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow west of Thorswood Plantation (9.9 km), Thorswood Mines (9.9 km), Medieval moated site, ridge and furrow, and mill site at Sturston (10.5 km).

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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
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Nettly Knowe bowl barrow

Nettly Knowe bowl barrow stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Nettly Knowe bowl barrow

Battle of Hopton Heath 1643Battle (1643) · ~22.1 miles