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Putwell Hill bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. The monument comprises a circular earthwork of typical bowl barrow form, constructed during the Bronze Age as a funerary monument for an individual of presumed social status. Bowl barrows of this type are among the most common prehistoric burial monuments in Britain, reflecting widespread funerary practices during the second millennium BCE. The site remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial customs and settlement patterns in the East Midlands region.
Putwell Hill bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008816. View the official record →
Putwell Hill 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 1008816.
Putwell Hill 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 1008816.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Arbor Low henge, large irregular stone circle, linear bank and bowl barrow (8.4 km), Gib Hill oval barrow and bowl barrow (8.6 km), Parsley Hay bowl barrow (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Putwell Hill 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.
Putwell Hill bowl barrow stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.