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Rolley Low bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary form across prehistoric Britain. Such barrows served as communal or individual burial monuments and represent significant evidence of ritual practices and social organisation during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. The site's survival as an upstanding archaeological feature contributes to the understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary practices in the Midlands region.
Rolley Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008955. View the official record →
Rolley Low bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008955.
Rolley 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 1008955.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Grindlow bowl barrow (6.9 km), Lathkill Dale and Mandale mines and soughs (7.7 km), Bowl barrow on Haddon Fields (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rolley Low 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.
Rolley 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.