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Rockhurst long barrow is a Neolithic burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. The site comprises a long barrow of characteristic Neolithic date, accompanied by an adjacent bowl barrow of Bronze Age origin, demonstrating successive periods of ritual use and burial practice at this location. The long barrow represents the earlier funerary tradition of the fourth and third millennia before the present, whilst the bowl barrow indicates renewed ceremonial activity during the Bronze Age. These monuments together illustrate the archaeological palimpsest of prehistoric burial custom across millennia on the same ground.
Rockhurst long barrow and adjacent bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008939. View the official record →
Rockhurst long barrow is a Neolithic burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008939.
Rockhurst long barrow and adjacent 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 1008939.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bank Top bowl barrow (5.6 km), Bank Top oval barrow (5.6 km), Medieval settlement, including fishpond and open field system, immediately north and 240m south of Lea Cottage Farm (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rockhurst long barrow and adjacent 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.
Rockhurst long barrow and adjacent bowl barrow stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Carboniferous, bedrock that formed in the Carboniferous. The rock here is mafic lava.