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Smerrill Barn bowl barrow is a scheduled monument located in Derbyshire, protected by Historic England under reference 1008011. The barrow sits upon Dinantian bedrock of limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks, geology formed during the Mississippian period. This underlying substrate of substantial stone would have presented considerable challenges to the communities who constructed the earthwork, shaping the methods they employed to create the mound.
Bowl barrows represent a characteristic burial monument type of the Bronze Age, typically comprising a single mound of earth and stone raised over inhumed remains. At Smerrill Barn, the scheduled area encompasses 0.02 hectares, defining the protected extent of archaeological significance centred on grid reference SK 18711 60345. The monument survives within the Derbyshire landscape as evidence of prehistoric funerary practice.
Such monuments frequently appear across regions of upland and marginal land, often in groups or linear arrangements reflecting patterns of land use and settlement. The specific location of Smerrill Barn bowl barrow within its local topography and geological setting contributes to understanding how Bronze Age communities selected and utilised the landscape for commemorating their dead.
Smerrill Barn bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008011. View the official record →
Smerrill Barn bowl barrow is a scheduled monument located in Derbyshire, protected by Historic England under reference 1008011.
Smerrill Barn 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 1008011.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Civil War redoubt 150m east of Tissington Hall (8.1 km), Medieval settlement, including fishpond and open field system, immediately north and 240m south of Lea Cottage Farm (8.4 km), Bank Top bowl barrow (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Smerrill Barn bowl barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Smerrill Barn bowl barrow stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.