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Bowl barrow north west of Telegraph House

England
List entry 1010497
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010497
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
SU 80891 17662
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow north west of Telegraph House is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Sussex, England. The barrow survives as a circular earthwork mound, characteristic of Bronze Age burial practices in southern England, typically dating to the second millennium BCE. Such monuments served as burial places for individuals of elevated social status within their communities, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting their rank and wealth. The site's survival as a recognisable archaeological feature contributes to understanding the distribution and development of Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial practice in the Sussex landscape.

Bowl barrow north west of Telegraph House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010497. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow north west of Telegraph House?

Bowl barrow north west of Telegraph House is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010497.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow north west of Telegraph House?

Bowl barrow north west of Telegraph House 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 1010497.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow north west of Telegraph House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross dyke on south eastern spur of Bow Hill, 900m south west of the Tansley Stone (7.3 km), Linear boundary on Stoke Down, 800m north of West Stoke House (8.3 km), Flint mine on Stoke Down, immediately north of Stoke Clump (8.5 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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cross dyke on south eastern spur of Bow Hill, 900m south west of the Tansley Stone
7.3 km
Linear boundary on Stoke Down, 800m north of West Stoke House
8.3 km
Flint mine on Stoke Down, immediately north of Stoke Clump
8.5 km
Devil's Ditch, section extending 900yds (820m), Lye Wood, West Stoke
9.6 km
A 362m length of Devil's Ditch running WNW from Chapel Lane
9.9 km
Devil's Ditch, section extending 200yds (180m) E from Chapel Lane
10.1 km
Bexley Bushes earthworks
10.1 km
Devil's Ditch, section extending 1200yds (1100m) through Little Tomlins Copse
10.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow north west of Telegraph House

Bowl barrow north west of Telegraph House stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow north west of Telegraph House

Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~8.2 milesChichesterRoman town · ~8.6 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~21.6 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~15.1 miles
Domesday entry for Treyford, Sussex →
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