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Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Sussex, England. The barrow is one of several burial mounds arranged in linear formation across the hilltop, a characteristic arrangement of round barrows from the Bronze Age period. Such cemetery groupings represent significant concentrations of burial activity and reflect the territorial and social organisation of Bronze Age communities in the region. The bowl barrow itself comprises an earthen mound of typical form, contributing to the archaeological importance of this linear barrow cemetery as evidence of prehistoric mortuary practice and settlement patterns in the Sussex landscape.
Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009953. View the official record →
Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009953.
Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery 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 1009953.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows, the south easternmost pair of a group of six bowl barrows, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill (0.2 km), Newhaven military fort and lunette battery (1.9 km), Medieval crypt, Church Street (2.7 km).
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