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Bowl barrow in Wellhead Wood

England
List entry 1008369
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008369
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 75739 23192
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow in Wellhead Wood is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England. The monument comprises a simple hemispherical or bowl-shaped earthwork typical of funerary structures from the second millennium BC. Like other bowl barrows of its period, it would have served as a communal or individual burial site, reflecting the ritual and social practices of Bronze Age communities in southern England. The barrow remains a significant archaeological feature within the South Downs landscape, contributing to the broader pattern of prehistoric burial monuments in the region.

Bowl barrow in Wellhead Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008369. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow in Wellhead Wood?

Bowl barrow in Wellhead Wood is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008369.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow in Wellhead Wood?

Bowl barrow in Wellhead Wood 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 1008369.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow in Wellhead Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Robertsbridge Abbey (0.7 km), Medieval moated site, Glottenham Castle (3.2 km), Romano-British site S of Bodiam Bridge (3.2 km).

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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Robertsbridge Abbey
0.7 km
Medieval moated site, Glottenham Castle
3.2 km
Romano-British site S of Bodiam Bridge
3.2 km
A quadrangular castle and its landscaped setting, an associated millpond, medieval crofts and cultivation earthworks, and a World War II pillbox at Bodiam
3.7 km
A medieval pleasaunce 30m south east of Court Lodge: part of the landscaped setting of Bodiam Castle
3.9 km
Medieval moated site, Peters Green
4.2 km
Bowl barrow in Petley Wood
6 km
Old Boarzell moated site 100m north east of Swiftsden Farm, Little Swiftsden
6.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow in Wellhead Wood

Bowl barrow in Wellhead Wood stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow in Wellhead Wood

Battle of Hastings 1066Battle (1066) · ~4.9 miles
Domesday entry for Drigsell, Sussex →
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