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Tup Low bowl barrow

A Scheduled Monument in Foolow, Derbyshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2895 / 53°17'22"N

Longitude: -1.7208 / 1°43'14"W

OS Eastings: 418709.85867

OS Northings: 376986.341844

OS Grid: SK187769

Mapcode National: GBR JZFD.7J

Mapcode Global: WHCCT.JLS1

Entry Name: Tup Low bowl barrow

Scheduled Date: 26 October 1932

Last Amended: 3 December 1993

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1008058

English Heritage Legacy ID: 23260

County: Derbyshire

Civil Parish: Foolow

Traditional County: Derbyshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Derbyshire

Church of England Parish: Bradwell St Barnabas

Church of England Diocese: Derby

Details

The monument is a roughly circular bowl barrow located on the north-eastern
shelves of the limestone plateau of Derbyshire. It includes a 2m high mound
with a diameter of 21m situated on a natural knoll which gives it an apparent
height of c.3m. No excavation has been carried out at the site and so the
barrow cannot be precisely dated. However, its appearance and proximity to
others of the period indicate that it was constructed in the Bronze Age.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

Source: Historic England

Reasons for Scheduling

Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments
dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most
examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as
earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple
burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often
acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar,
although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form
and a diversity of burial practices. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl
barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring
across most of lowland Britain. Often occupying prominent locations, they are
a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable
variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early
prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period
and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of
protection.

Tup Low bowl barrow is a large and well-preserved example which contains
intact archaeological remains.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Books and journals
Barnatt, J, The Peak District Barrow Survey (1989), (1989)
Barnatt, J, The Peak District Barrow Survey (1989), (1989)
Marsden, B M, The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire , (1977), 42

Source: Historic England

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