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Snelslow Plantation bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Derbyshire, England. The barrow survives as a prominent earthwork mound characteristic of the Early Bronze Age period, when such burial structures served as focal points for ritual practice and the commemoration of the deceased within their communities. Its survival within a planted woodland demonstrates the importance of such sites to our understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices across the English Midlands. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and remains a significant archaeological resource despite the modifications to its landscape context.
Snelslow Plantation bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008056. View the official record →
Snelslow Plantation bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008056.
Snelslow Plantation 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 1008056.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Five Wells chambered tomb (8.4 km), Round cairn at Gospel Hillocks, Cowdale (8.5 km), Oval Cairn at Gospel Hillocks, Cowdale (8.6 km).
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