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Sharp Low is a Neolithic bowl barrow located in Derbyshire, England. The monument consists of an earthen mound of characteristic bowl-barrow form, representing a burial tradition prevalent in Britain during the Neolithic period. Sharp Low demonstrates the funerary practices of early agricultural communities in the Peak District region and contributes to the archaeological understanding of Neolithic settlement and ritual activity in the Midlands. The site remains a significant example of prehistoric monumental architecture preserved within the English landscape.
Sharp Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009170. View the official record →
Sharp Low is a Neolithic bowl barrow located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009170.
Sharp 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 1009170.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mayfield strip lynchets (6.8 km), Tinker's Inn bowl barrow, north (8.3 km), Two bowl barrows at Osmaston Fields, north (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Sharp 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.
Sharp 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.