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White Cliff bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Derbyshire, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary form constructed during the Bronze Age across the British uplands. Such barrows served as communal or elite burial monuments and represent significant archaeological evidence for understanding Bronze Age ritual practices and landscape use in the Peak District region. The site's survival as a scheduled monument reflects its importance to the archaeological record of prehistoric Derbyshire.
White Cliff bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008783. View the official record →
White Cliff 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 1008783.
White Cliff 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 1008783.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow east of Arbor Low (8.9 km), Arbor Low henge, large irregular stone circle, linear bank and bowl barrow (9 km), Gib Hill oval barrow and bowl barrow (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of White Cliff 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.
White Cliff bowl barrow stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.