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Beckett's Barn and adjoining earthworks

England

List entry 1002982

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1002982

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

1.41 hectares

Grid reference

SZ 88456 97370

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Beckett's Barn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument located in Sussex comprising a barn structure and associated earthworks of medieval origin. The site is notable for its survival as evidence of medieval agricultural settlement and land management practices in the region. The earthworks, which adjoin the barn itself, likely represent field systems and boundaries characteristic of medieval manorial organisation. Together, the barn and earthworks provide archaeological testimony to rural settlement patterns and farming practices during the medieval period in Sussex.

Beckett's Barn and adjoining earthworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002982. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Beckett's Barn and adjoining earthworks?

Beckett's Barn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument located in Sussex comprising a barn structure and associated earthworks of medieval origin.

Who is responsible for protecting Beckett's Barn and adjoining earthworks?

Beckett's Barn and adjoining earthworks 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 1002982.

What other scheduled monuments are near Beckett's Barn and adjoining earthworks?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Phoenix Caisson (inner) off Pagham (1.6 km), Ringwork south of St Wilfred's Chapel (2.1 km), Phoenix Caisson (outer) off Pagham Harbour (4 km).

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Overview

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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.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Phoenix Caisson (inner) off Pagham

1.6 km

Ringwork south of St Wilfred's Chapel

2.1 km

Phoenix Caisson (outer) off Pagham Harbour

4 km

Roman amphitheatre

7.5 km

St Martin's Lane, Little London car park, Roman site

7.8 km

Market cross

7.8 km

Chichester City Walls, The Tower, Orchard Street

7.8 km

Greyfriars Chapel, Priory Park

8.1 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Beckett's Barn and adjoining earthworks

Beckett's Barn and adjoining earthworks stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Beckett's Barn and adjoining earthworks

ChichesterRoman town · ~4.9 miles Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~5.5 miles

Domesday entry for Pagham, Sussex →

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