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The Bostle is a Bronze Age burial monument complex in Sussex comprising three bowl barrows and an associated Anglo-Saxon barrow field. The Bronze Age elements represent typical funerary monuments of the second millennium BC, constructed as earthen mounds to contain cremated or inhumed remains, whilst the Anglo-Saxon burials indicate renewed use of the location during the early medieval period, demonstrating continuity of ritual significance at the site across more than a thousand years. The monument survives as an important archaeological record of burial practices spanning these two distinct periods and reflects the enduring importance of elevated landscape positions for commemorating the dead.
A group of three bowl barrows and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field on The Bostle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015230. View the official record →
The Bostle is a Bronze Age burial monument complex in Sussex comprising three bowl barrows and an associated Anglo-Saxon barrow field. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015230.
A group of three bowl barrows and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field on The Bostle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015230.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Heathy Brow round barrows (2.5 km), Long Barrow on Beacon Hill (2.8 km), Highdole Hill, Romano-British settlement (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of A group of three bowl barrows and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field on The Bostle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
A group of three bowl barrows and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field on The Bostle stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.