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Parsley Hay bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. The monument survives as a distinctive bowl barrow, a common form of funerary monument from the Bronze Age period, characterised by its rounded mound form. The barrow is situated within a landscape rich in prehistoric remains, reflecting the use of the Derbyshire uplands as a burial ground during the Bronze Age. As a scheduled ancient monument, it remains an important archaeological asset documenting Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the Peak District region.
Parsley Hay bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008983. View the official record →
Parsley Hay 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 1008983.
Parsley Hay 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 1008983.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 450m north of Damgate (9.4 km), Bowl barrow south of Stanshope Pasture (9.5 km), Bowl barrow 400m north of Damgate (9.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Parsley Hay 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.
Parsley Hay bowl barrow stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.