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Bowl barrow on Bepton Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in West Sussex, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of the bowl barrow form, in which a central burial chamber or grave was covered by a raised mound of earth and chalk. Bowl barrows of this type were constructed during the Bronze Age, representing a significant funerary tradition in prehistoric Britain. The barrow on Bepton Down survives as a visible archaeological feature and forms part of the wider Bronze Age landscape of the South Downs.
Bowl barrow on Bepton Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009762. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Bepton Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in West Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009762.
Bowl barrow on Bepton 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 1009762.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A 210m length of Devil's Ditch running east from Chichester Main Road to Pook Lane (8.8 km), Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 110yds (100m) in Raughmere Copse (8.9 km), Devil's Ditch, section extending 960yds (870m) S of Lavant House (8.9 km).
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