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Bell barrow north-west of Brooms Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England. The monument takes the form of a bell barrow, a distinctive type of round barrow characterised by a central mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, a form typical of Bronze Age funerary practice in southern England. Such barrows served as elite burial monuments and are valuable archaeological indicators of Bronze Age settlement patterns and social organisation in the region. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and remains an important example of prehistoric monumental architecture in Sussex.
Bell barrow north-west of Brooms Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013047. View the official record →
Bell barrow north-west of Brooms Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013047.
Bell barrow north-west of Brooms Farm 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 1013047.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 250yds (230m) in Densworth Copse (8.4 km), Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 300yds (270m) W of Densworth House (8.5 km), Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending N 480yds (440m) from The Drive, Summersdale, near Chichester (9 km).
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