Scheduled Monument: LONG LOW BOWL BARROW (1008059)

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION 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. Although Long Low bowl barrow has been partly excavated, it retains further significant archaeological remains. DETAILS Long Low is the name given to a natural linear knoll on the north-eastern shelves of the limestone plateau of Derbyshire. The monument situated on this knoll is a sub-circular bowl barrow which includes a low mound measuring 12m by 10m and standing c.0.4m high. The barrow, which is sometimes known as Cop Low, was partially excavated by Bagshawe in c.1863 when the remains of cremation and inhumation burials were found in addition to numerous articles of flint. These remains date the barrow to the Bronze Age. SELECTED SOURCES Book Reference - Author: Barnatt, J. - Title: The Peak District Barrow Survey - Date: 1989 - Type: DESC TEXT - Description: Site 3;6 Book Reference - Author: Barnatt, J. - Title: The Peak District Barrow Survey - Date: 1989 - Type: PLAN: MEASURED - Description: Site 3;6 Book Reference - Author: Clarke, D.L. - Title: Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland - Date: 1970 - Type: DESC TEXT - Description: Number 130 Book Reference - Author: Marsden B - Title: The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire (1977) - Date: 1977 - Page References: 42 - Type: DESC TEXT Article Reference - Author: Bagshawe, B. - Date: 1863 - Journal Title: The Reliquary - Type: DESC TEXT