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Bowl barrow 290m west of Firle Beacon

England
List entry 1012498
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012498
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 48271 05930
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 290m west of Firle Beacon is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the South Downs near Firle in East Sussex. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common form of funerary monument constructed during the Bronze Age, roughly between 2000 and 1500 BCE. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, and their presence in groups across the Downs indicates sustained use of these upland areas for ceremonial and burial purposes during prehistory. The barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork and remains an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary practice in Sussex.

Bowl barrow 290m west of Firle Beacon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012498. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 290m west of Firle Beacon?

Bowl barrow 290m west of Firle Beacon is a Bronze Age burial mound located on the South Downs near Firle in East Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012498.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 290m west of Firle Beacon?

Bowl barrow 290m west of Firle Beacon 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 1012498.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 290m west of Firle Beacon?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newhaven military fort and lunette battery (6.7 km), Medieval crypt, Church Street (7 km), Oval barrow 200m north east of Exceat Park Centre (7.3 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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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

Newhaven military fort and lunette battery
6.7 km
Medieval crypt, Church Street
7 km
Oval barrow 200m north east of Exceat Park Centre
7.3 km
Martello tower no 74 on Seaford Esplanade
7.4 km
Bowl barrow north of Charleston Bottom, 1100m south east of Chamber's Court
7.5 km
Remains of a medieval manor house and associated dovecote 130m and 110m north west of Westdean Manor
7.6 km
Bowl Barrow on Peacehaven Heights, 242m south-west of Warren Court
7.7 km
Remains of Exceat parish church: part of the former medieval settlement of Exceat, 690m south south west of Westdean Manor
8.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 290m west of Firle Beacon

Bowl barrow 290m west of Firle Beacon stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 290m west of Firle Beacon

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~6.3 milesBattle of Hastings 1066Battle (1066) · ~17.5 miles
Domesday entry for Tilton, Sussex →
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