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Bowl barrow north west of Warningore Bostall is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of the Plumpton Plain round barrow cemetery on the South Downs in Sussex. The barrow is a bowl-shaped earthwork typical of Bronze Age burial practices in southern England, constructed as a low, rounded mound over an inhumed cremated or inhumed burial. It is one of several barrows comprising the cemetery, which represents concentrated Bronze Age mortuary activity in this downland landscape. The monument is designated as a nationally important archaeological site and survives as a landscape feature of considerable historical interest for understanding Bronze Age funerary practices and settlement patterns in Sussex.
Bowl barrow north west of Warningore Bostall: part of Plumpton Plain round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008156. View the official record →
Bowl barrow north west of Warningore Bostall is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of the Plumpton Plain round barrow cemetery on the South Downs in Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008156.
Bowl barrow north west of Warningore Bostall: part of Plumpton Plain round barrow cemetery 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 1008156.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A group of three bowl barrows and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field on The Bostle (7.2 km), Bowl barrow on Front Hill (7.2 km), Round barrow NW of Mill Hill (7.6 km).
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