Details

The monument includes a bowl barrow located at the crest of a broad flat
ridgetop 110m south-west of Threelows Cottages. It survives as an oval mound
of earth and stone up to 0.7m high with maximum dimensions of 27m by 23m.
There is a small stone plinth of unknown function near to the centre of the
mound. Limited antiquarian investigation of the barrow's centre and south-
east edge located two cremations, a flint, and fragments of stone pavement.
The stone plinth is included in the scheduling as removal of it will disturb
underlying archaeological deposits.

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.

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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.

Despite past ploughing and limited antiquarian investigation, the bowl barrow
110m south-west of Threelows Cottages survives reasonably well. This
investigation located human remains, a flint and fragments of pavement, and
further evidence of interments and grave goods will exist within the mound and
upon the old landsurface.

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Sources

Books and journals
Barnatt, J, The Peak District Barrow Survey (1989), (1989)
Bateman, , Ten Years Digging (1861), (1861)
Other
Carrington, Barrow Diggers (Unpub MS with letters and notes), 1848,
Darvill,T., MPP Single Monument Class Description - Bowl Barrows, (1988)

Source: Historic England