Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRingham Low bowl barrow

Ringham Low bowl barrow

England
List entry 1008009
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008009
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
SK 17909 61938
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ringham Low is a Bronze Age bowl barrow situated in Derbyshire, England. The monument comprises a burial mound of characteristic bowl form, a type of funerary structure widely constructed during the Bronze Age across the English uplands. Such barrows typically functioned as communal or individual burial sites, often containing cremated or inhumed remains accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and practices of their period. Ringham Low's survival as an earthwork preserves evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the Peak District region.

Ringham Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008009. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Ringham Low bowl barrow?

Ringham Low is a Bronze Age bowl barrow situated in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008009.

Who is responsible for protecting Ringham Low bowl barrow?

Ringham Low 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 1008009.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ringham Low bowl barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sharp Low bowl barrow (9.2 km), Boars Low bowl barrow (9.4 km), Civil War redoubt 150m east of Tissington Hall (9.6 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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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ringham Low bowl barrow

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