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Bowl barrow 480m south of Irongates Lodge

England
List entry 1009760
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009760
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
SU 79628 16328
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 480m south of Irongates Lodge is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England. The monument consists of a simple bowl-shaped earthwork characteristic of early Bronze Age funerary monuments, typically constructed as a raised circular mound over an inhumed burial or cremation deposit. Such barrows formed an important component of the Bronze Age ceremonial landscape and reflect burial practices prevalent during the second millennium BCE. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under list entry number 1009760.

Bowl barrow 480m south of Irongates Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009760. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 480m south of Irongates Lodge?

Bowl barrow 480m south of Irongates Lodge is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009760.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 480m south of Irongates Lodge?

Bowl barrow 480m south of Irongates Lodge 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 1009760.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 480m south of Irongates Lodge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Devil's Ditch, section extending 200yds (180m) E from Chapel Lane (9.3 km), Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 250yds (230m) in Densworth Copse (9.5 km), Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 300yds (270m) W of Densworth House (9.5 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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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Devil's Ditch, section extending 200yds (180m) E from Chapel Lane
9.3 km
Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 250yds (230m) in Densworth Copse
9.5 km
Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 300yds (270m) W of Densworth House
9.5 km
A Romano-Celtic temple, Iron Age shrine and associated remains 250m north west of Ratham Mill
10 km
Chichester Dyke: section 200yds (180m) long in Mouthey's Plantation, section 245yds (220m) long in Oakwood and section 100yds (90m) long SW of Oakwood House
10.2 km
Chichester Dyke, sections in Little Cotfield Plantation
10.4 km
Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section extending 360yds (330m) SW of Broyle House
10.7 km
Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending N 480yds (440m) from The Drive, Summersdale, near Chichester
10.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 480m south of Irongates Lodge

Bowl barrow 480m south of Irongates Lodge stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 480m south of Irongates Lodge

Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~7.6 milesChichesterRoman town · ~8.2 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~21.1 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~14.8 miles
Domesday entry for Compton, Sussex →
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