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Bowl barrow on Cocking Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in West Sussex, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary form across southern Britain dating to the Bronze Age period. The barrow is situated on Cocking Down and survives as a visible earthwork feature within the landscape. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the South Downs region.
Bowl barrow on Cocking Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010759. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Cocking 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 1010759.
Bowl barrow on Cocking 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 1010759.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A 210m length of Devil's Ditch running east from Chichester Main Road to Pook Lane (8.7 km), Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 110yds (100m) in Raughmere Copse (8.7 km), Devil's Ditch, section extending 960yds (870m) S of Lavant House (8.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Cocking Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow on Cocking Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.