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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kinderlow Bowl Barrow Alternative Name: Kinder Low BarrowCountry: England County: Derbyshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Village: Hayfield
Map Ref: SK073867
Latitude: 53.377106N Longitude: 1.891733W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Round barrow at approximately 600m a.s.l. on Kinder Low, a south-western spur of the Kinder Scout plateau, with extensive views to the west. Within Open Access land, reached via part-flagged footpath from Kinderlow End or from the Pennine Way in the vicinity of Edale Rocks. A couple of miles' walk and at least 300m ascent from the nearest road, either from Hayfield via Tunstead Clough Farm or from Edale via Upper Booth and Jacob's Ladder.
Currently (27/07/05) fenced with National Trust sign reading:
Repairs to Kinderlow Bowl Barrow
The monument within this fence is an early Bronze Age (2000-1500BC) burial mound of 'barrow'. Over 500 barrows have been identified across the Peak District. Most are still highly visible in the landscape. Evidence shows that it was normal for between 5 to [sic] 20 burials to be placed individually, in various positions, within a barrow. It is thought that monuments were probably built by family communities, to reflect the importance of ancestry and people's relationship with the land.
The survival of the archaeological deposits within this barrow were threatened by footpath erosion. Recent works have repaired the erosion scar which had developed over the barrow. There was also a walker's cairn on the barrow, constructed out of material from the monument itself. Repairs have involved the infilling and re-turfing of the erosion scar, removal of the cairn and re-routing the footpath around the monument.
The conservation of this important site is being undertaken as a joint project between National Trust, English Heritage and the Peak District National Park Authority Archaeological Service.
It is a Scheduled Monument (monument number:23271) and is protected from damage or destruction in law under the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. Please do not do anything that might damage it.
For further information please contact:
- Shane Bates, National Trust Kinder Area Warden, The High Peak Estate Office, Hope, Derbyshire. S33 6RF, Tel. 01433 670368, or
- Sarah Whiteley, Peak District National Park Authority Archaeological Service, Aldern House, Bakewell DE45 1AE, Tel. 01629 816243.
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