Bowl barrow 280m WNW of Fitzhall Lodge: part of Fitzhall Heath round barrow cemetery

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 280m WNW of Fitzhall Lodge is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Fitzhall Heath round barrow cemetery in Sussex. The monument is of the bowl barrow type, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age period, characterised by its simple hemispherical mound of earth and stone raised over a central burial deposit. As a member of a discrete barrow cemetery, it contributes to the archaeological significance of this Bronze Age landscape, where multiple burial mounds cluster in association with one another. The site remains a scheduled monument, protected for its importance to understanding Bronze Age funerary practices and settlement patterns in the South Downs region.

Bowl barrow 280m WNW of Fitzhall Lodge: part of Fitzhall Heath round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009328. View the official record →

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