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This linear barrow group south-southeast of Offham Hill is a Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary monument comprising a platform barrow flanked by two bowl barrows, positioned in alignment across the Sussex landscape. The platform barrow, a rare monument type within the Sussex downland, represents a distinctive form of Neolithic burial construction, whilst the associated bowl barrows are characteristic Bronze Age burial mounds of the second millennium BC. The linear arrangement of these three monuments suggests deliberate spatial organisation reflecting funerary practices and territorial significance during the prehistoric period. The group survives as an important archaeological asset demonstrating the continuity of ceremonial burial practice across multiple prehistoric phases at this location.
A platform barrow and two bowl barrows forming a linear barrow group SSE of Offham Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009946. View the official record →
This linear barrow group south-southeast of Offham Hill is a Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary monument comprising a platform barrow flanked by two bowl barrows, positioned in alignment across the Sussex landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009946.
A platform barrow and two bowl barrows forming a linear barrow group SSE of Offham Hill 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 1009946.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow S of Breaky Bottom (6.1 km), Highdole Hill, Romano-British settlement (6.5 km), Bowl barrow on Itford Hill (6.9 km).
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