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Twyford henge and Round Hill bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Derbyshire, England. The site comprises two distinct elements: a henge earthwork and an associated bowl barrow, which represent ritual and burial practices of the second millennium BCE. The bowl barrow itself is characteristic of the Early Bronze Age, a period during which cremated and inhumed remains were deposited beneath earthen mounds, often within or adjacent to ceremonial enclosures. The combination of henge and barrow at this location reflects the complex ritual landscape that developed across the Midlands during the Bronze Age, serving functions both ceremonial and mortuary in character.
Twyford henge and Round Hill bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011436. View the official record →
Twyford henge and Round Hill 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 1011436.
Twyford henge and Round Hill 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 1011436.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 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 (2.2 km), Viking barrow cemetery in Heath Wood (2.7 km), Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system 300m north west of The Lowes Farm (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Twyford henge and Round Hill bowl barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Twyford henge and Round Hill bowl barrow stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.