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Barrows and ditches on Steyning Round Hill

England
List entry 1005852
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005852
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.86 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 16637 10322, TQ 16580 10268, TQ 16470 10220
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Steyning Round Hill is a Bronze Age or Iron Age earthwork monument located near Steyning in West Sussex. The site comprises a series of barrows and associated ditches that represent funerary and possibly ceremonial activity during prehistory. The earthworks, though partially degraded, remain visible as low mounds and linear features in the landscape, evidence of the settlement and burial practices of early communities in the South Downs region. The monument's exact dating and functional interpretation continue to reflect the broader patterns of prehistoric land use documented across Sussex, though local archaeological investigation has provided insights into the character and preservation of this Bronze Age or Iron Age complex.

Barrows and ditches on Steyning Round Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005852. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Barrows and ditches on Steyning Round Hill?

Steyning Round Hill is a Bronze Age or Iron Age earthwork monument located near Steyning in West Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005852.

Who is responsible for protecting Barrows and ditches on Steyning Round Hill?

Barrows and ditches on Steyning Round 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 1005852.

What other scheduled monuments are near Barrows and ditches on Steyning Round Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow (1.9 km), Cross dyke on Steep Down, 700m north east of Beggars Bush (2.7 km), Cross dyke on Steep Down, 600m north east of Titch Hill Farm (3.4 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow
1.9 km
Cross dyke on Steep Down, 700m north east of Beggars Bush
2.7 km
Cross dyke on Steep Down, 600m north east of Titch Hill Farm
3.4 km
Cissbury Ring hillfort, prehistoric flint mine and associated remains
3.5 km
Bowl barrow 100m west of the south western edge of Cissbury Ring hillfort
4 km
Cross dyke on Beeding Hill, 1100m north west of New Erringham Farm Cottages
4.3 km
Bowl barrow 120m north west of Cissbury
4.5 km
Shrunken medieval settlement at Old Erringham
4.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Barrows and ditches on Steyning Round Hill

Barrows and ditches on Steyning Round Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Barrows and ditches on Steyning Round Hill

ChichesterRoman town · ~19.2 milesFishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~20.8 milesBattle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~14.4 miles
Domesday entry for Steyning, Sussex →
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