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Bowl barrow 180m north east of Foxcombe House

England
List entry 1017070
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017070
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.18 hectares
Grid reference
SU 77270 18760
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 180m north east of Foxcombe House is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England. The monument consists of a rounded earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, though specific details of this particular example's internal structure and contents are not widely documented in accessible scholarly sources. The site is designated as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its importance as evidence of Bronze Age burial practice and settlement patterns in the Sussex landscape.

Bowl barrow 180m north east of Foxcombe House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017070. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 180m north east of Foxcombe House?

Bowl barrow 180m north east of Foxcombe House is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017070.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 180m north east of Foxcombe House?

Bowl barrow 180m north east of Foxcombe House 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 1017070.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 180m north east of Foxcombe House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Twin bell barrow and a bowl barrow on Asdean Down (8.7 km), Two bowl barrows on Bow Hill forming part of The Devil's Humps round barrow cemetery (9 km), Two bell barrows, two pond barrows and a cross dyke on Bow Hill: part of The Devil's Humps round barrow cemetery (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
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Twin bell barrow and a bowl barrow on Asdean Down
8.7 km
Two bowl barrows on Bow Hill forming part of The Devil's Humps round barrow cemetery
9 km
Two bell barrows, two pond barrows and a cross dyke on Bow Hill: part of The Devil's Humps round barrow cemetery
9 km
The Castle
9.2 km
Cross dyke on north eastern spur of Bow Hill, 150m south east of the Tansley Stone
9.3 km
A saucer barrow and a bowl barrow on Bow Hill, 270m south east of the Tansley Stone
9.4 km
An Itford Hill style settlement in Kingley Vale
9.4 km
Bowl barrow on Bow Hill, 290m south east of the Tansley Stone
9.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 180m north east of Foxcombe House

Bowl barrow 180m north east of Foxcombe House stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 180m north east of Foxcombe House

Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~9.5 milesChichesterRoman town · ~10.2 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~19.2 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~12.8 miles
Domesday entry for Sunwood, Hampshire →
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