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Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system 300m north west of The Lowes Farm

England
List entry 1019060
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019060
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
6.89 hectares
Grid reference
SK 36710 29503
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Swarkestone Lows is a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery located approximately 300 metres north west of The Lowes Farm near Swarkestone in Derbyshire. The site comprises multiple burial mounds dating from the Bronze Age, representing a significant concentration of funerary monuments from this period. The barrows form part of a broader ancient landscape that includes associated field systems, indicating organised settlement and land use patterns contemporary with the barrow construction. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1019060.

Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system 300m north west of The Lowes Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019060. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system 300m north west of The Lowes Farm?

Swarkestone Lows is a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery located approximately 300 metres north west of The Lowes Farm near Swarkestone in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019060.

Who is responsible for protecting Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system 300m north west of The Lowes Farm?

Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system 300m north west of The Lowes Farm 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 1019060.

What other scheduled monuments are near Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system 300m north west of The Lowes Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Swarkestone Bridge (1.3 km), Settlement site (2.1 km), Twyford henge and Round Hill bowl barrow (3.5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Swarkestone Bridge
1.3 km
Settlement site
2.1 km
Twyford henge and Round Hill bowl barrow
3.5 km
Viking barrow cemetery in Heath Wood
4.4 km
Melbourne Castle fortified manor and earlier medieval manorial remains
4.8 km
Cursus and mini henges, of Neolithic date, round barrows of Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date, and settlements, enclosures and fields of late Iron Age/Romano-British date, immediately East of Willington either side of the A5132
5.6 km
Medieval church and cross 45m south of St George's Church
5.6 km
Iron Age settlement and cursus, with other air photographic marks, SE of Aston-on-Trent
5.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system 300m north west of The Lowes Farm

Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system 300m north west of The Lowes Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system 300m north west of The Lowes Farm

MancetterRoman town · ~20.4 milesWallRoman town · ~21.8 milesBattle of Bosworth (Field) 1485Battle (1485) · ~19 miles
Domesday entry for Swarkestone, Derbyshire →
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