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Tup Low bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. The monument consists of a roughly circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a funerary form common throughout the British Bronze Age. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods indicative of the social status of the deceased. The site represents an important element of the Bronze Age funerary landscape of the Derbyshire uplands, contributing to our understanding of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in this region.
Tup Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008058. View the official record →
Tup Low bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008058.
Tup 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 1008058.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Magpie, Dirty Red Soil, Maypit, Horsesteps and Great Red Soil lead mines and a limekiln, 590m south east of Johnson Lane Farm (8.9 km), Anglo-Scandinavian high cross from Two Dales, Darley, now in the churchyard of All Saints' Church (9 km), Anglian high cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Tup 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.
Tup 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.