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Bowl barrow on Edburton Hill, 380m west of the motte and bailey castle

England
List entry 1015123
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015123
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 23368 10983
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Edburton Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England, situated approximately 380 metres west of Edburton motte and bailey castle. The monument consists of a roughly circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common form of funerary monument in prehistoric Britain. Such barrows typically served as communal or individual burial places and represent significant evidence of settlement patterns and ritual practices during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. The barrow's survival on Edburton Hill contributes to the archaeological record of the wider landscape around the medieval castle site.

Bowl barrow on Edburton Hill, 380m west of the motte and bailey castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015123. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Edburton Hill, 380m west of the motte and bailey castle?

Bowl barrow on Edburton Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England, situated approximately 380 metres west of Edburton motte and bailey castle. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015123.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Edburton Hill, 380m west of the motte and bailey castle?

Bowl barrow on Edburton Hill, 380m west of the motte and bailey castle 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 1015123.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Edburton Hill, 380m west of the motte and bailey castle?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deserted medieval settlement and associated cultivation terraces on Perching Hill (1.4 km), Bowl barrow on Scabes Castle (2.1 km), Romano-British farmstead 480m north west of Devil's Dyke Cottages (2.2 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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Deserted medieval settlement and associated cultivation terraces on Perching Hill
1.4 km
Bowl barrow on Scabes Castle
2.1 km
Romano-British farmstead 480m north west of Devil's Dyke Cottages
2.2 km
Martin Down style enclosure, bowl barrow, Iron Age hillfort, Romano-British village and associated field system on Thundersbarrow Hill
2.8 km
Cross dyke on Beeding Hill, 1100m north west of New Erringham Farm Cottages
3.2 km
Shrunken medieval settlement at Old Erringham
4.3 km
Section of Port's Road and barrow on Round Hill, Hangleton
4.4 km
Old manor house (remains of), Portslade-By-Sea
5.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Edburton Hill, 380m west of the motte and bailey castle

Bowl barrow on Edburton Hill, 380m west of the motte and bailey castle stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Edburton Hill, 380m west of the motte and bailey castle

ChichesterRoman town · ~23.4 milesBattle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~10.2 miles
Domesday entry for Truleigh, Sussex →
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