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Bowl barrow 120m north west of Cissbury

England
List entry 1018896
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018896
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 12662 08071
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 120m north west of Cissbury is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on the South Downs near Worthing in West Sussex. The barrow survives as a bowl-shaped earthwork mound characteristic of prehistoric burial practice in southern England, erected as a communal or individual grave marker during the period spanning the third to second millennia before the present. Its position within the landscape of Cissbury, itself a significant Iron Age hillfort, indicates the long continuity of this area as a focal point for settlement and ceremonial activity. The monument is recorded under statutory protection as a scheduled ancient monument, recognising its archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric funerary practice and landscape use in the Wealden region.

Bowl barrow 120m north west of Cissbury is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018896. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 120m north west of Cissbury?

Bowl barrow 120m north west of Cissbury is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located on the South Downs near Worthing in West Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018896.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 120m north west of Cissbury?

Bowl barrow 120m north west of Cissbury 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 1018896.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 120m north west of Cissbury?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 100m west of the south western edge of Cissbury Ring hillfort (0.8 km), Cissbury Ring hillfort, prehistoric flint mine and associated remains (1.2 km), Flint mine and a bowl barrow on Church Hill, 400m south west of Findon Place (1.3 km).

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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 100m west of the south western edge of Cissbury Ring hillfort
0.8 km
Cissbury Ring hillfort, prehistoric flint mine and associated remains
1.2 km
Flint mine and a bowl barrow on Church Hill, 400m south west of Findon Place
1.3 km
Saucer barrow 330m north east of The Mill House
1.5 km
Flint mine and part of a cross dyke 300m south east of Tolmare Farm
1.7 km
Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow
2.8 km
Prehistoric flint mine and part of a round barrow cemetery at Blackpatch, 400m north east of Myrtle Grove Farm
3.4 km
Cross dyke on Steep Down, 700m north east of Beggars Bush
4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 120m north west of Cissbury

Bowl barrow 120m north west of Cissbury stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 120m north west of Cissbury

ChichesterRoman town · ~16.6 milesFishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~18.2 milesBattle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~16.9 miles
Domesday entry for Findon, Sussex →
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