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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 →
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.
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.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Nettly Knowe bowl barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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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.