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Bowl barrow in Poyntz's Piece, Heyshott Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on the South Downs in Sussex. The barrow represents a common burial practice of the Bronze Age period, when such earthen mounds were constructed to contain and commemorate the dead. The monument survives as a low mound, characteristic of bowl barrows, which formed the predominant form of burial monument in southern Britain during the second millennium BCE. As a scheduled ancient monument, it contributes to the archaeological evidence of Bronze Age settlement and ritual practice on the chalk downland of Sussex.
Bowl barrow in Poyntz's Piece, Heyshott Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009334. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Poyntz's Piece, Heyshott Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on the South Downs in Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009334.
Bowl barrow in Poyntz's Piece, Heyshott Down 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 1009334.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Boxgrove Priory (9.1 km), Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending N 480yds (440m) from The Drive, Summersdale, near Chichester (9.5 km), Devil's Ditch, section extending 1200yds (1100m) through Little Tomlins Copse (9.9 km).
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