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Bell barrow north-west of Brooms Farm

England
List entry 1013047
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013047
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
SU 82815 15935
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Bell barrow north-west of Brooms Farm?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Bell barrow north-west of Brooms Farm?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bell barrow north-west of Brooms Farm?

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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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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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

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
Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section extending 360yds (330m) SW of Broyle House
9.4 km
Chichester Dyke: section 200yds (180m) long in Mouthey's Plantation, section 245yds (220m) long in Oakwood and section 100yds (90m) long SW of Oakwood House
9.4 km
Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section extending 360yds (330m) S of West Broyle House
9.5 km
Chichester Dyke, sections in Little Cotfield Plantation
9.5 km
Chichester Dyke, section of Broyle earthwork, extending 150yds (140m) through Plain Wood
9.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bell barrow north-west of Brooms Farm

Bell barrow north-west of Brooms Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bell barrow north-west of Brooms Farm

Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~7 milesChichesterRoman town · ~7.2 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~23.1 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~16.7 miles
Domesday entry for Treyford, Sussex →
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