Details

The monument includes Lady Low bowl barrow located on the crest of a broad
shelf spur some 370m north-north east of Blore. It survives as a
subrectangular earthen mound up to 1.3m high with maximum dimensions of 22m
east-west by 16m north-south. Decayed tree stumps have left 4 shallow pits up
to 0.3m deep on the barrow's surface. Limited antiquarian investigations at
the centre of the monument located a cremation a short distance above the old
landsurface. Flint artefacts, a bone pin and fragments of burnt bronze were
also discovered in the mound.

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 that has slightly truncated three sides of the mound
and limited antiquarian investigation of the barrow's centre, Lady Low bowl
barrow survives well. This investigation located human remains, flint and
bone artefacts and fragments of bronze, and further similar evidence of
inhumations and grave goods will exist within the mound and upon the old
landsurface.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Books and journals
Barnatt, J, The Peak District Barrow Survey (1989), (1989)
Bateman, , Ten Years Digging (1861), (1861)
Other
Bateman, Desc & Obs Further Discoveries in the Barrows of Derbyshire,
Bateman, Illustrations of Antiquity (Unpub volume of drawings), Sheffield City Museum
Carrington, Barrow Diggers (Unpub MS with letters and notes), 1848,
Darvill,T., MPP Single Monument Class Description - Bowl Barrows, (1988)

Source: Historic England