Details

The monument includes Brund Low bowl barrow located 640m north of Brund at the
south-western edge of a broad shelf crest. It survives as an oval earthen
mound up to 1.7m high with maximum dimensions of 40m by 38m. The barrow has a
slightly dished centre measuring 13m by 10m and up to 0.3m deep. Limited
excavations of the monument during the 19th century located a stone cairn
covering a small pit containing a cremation dug into the old ground surface. A
second human cremation, fragments of human bone, flint and bronze artefacts,
and a cup marked piece of sandstone, were also found.

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 limited antiquarian investigation of the monument Brund Low bowl
barrow survives well. The excavations located flint and bronze artefacts,
human remains and cup marked sandstone, and further similar evidence of
interments and grave goods will survive within the barrow and upon the old
land surface.

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Sources

Books and journals
Barnatt, J, The Peak District Barrow Survey (1989), (1989)
Bateman, , Ten Years Digging (1861), (1861), 177
Sheldon, , 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London' in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, (1894), 428-9
Other
Darvill,T., MPP Single Monument Class Description - Bowl Barrows, (1988)

Source: Historic England