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Bowl barrow 290m NNW of White Lion Pond, Beddingham Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the Sussex downs near Beddingham. The barrow survives as a low earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type constructed during the Bronze Age across southern England. Its position on Beddingham Hill places it within a landscape rich in prehistoric archaeology, reflecting patterns of Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial activity in the South Downs. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England as a scheduled ancient monument, recognising its significance as evidence of early Bronze Age burial practice in Sussex.
Bowl barrow 290m NNW of White Lion Pond, Beddingham Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014522. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 290m NNW of White Lion Pond, Beddingham Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the Sussex downs near Beddingham. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014522.
Bowl barrow 290m NNW of White Lion Pond, Beddingham Hill 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 1014522.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton (3.6 km), Bowl barrow, the north westernmost barrow of a group of six bowl barrows, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill (5.1 km), Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 290m NNW of White Lion Pond, Beddingham Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow 290m NNW of White Lion Pond, Beddingham Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.