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Bowl barrow on Heyshott Common is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the South Downs in West Sussex. The barrow takes the form of a circular earthwork mound typical of burial practices in the second millennium BC, when such structures served as communal or individual interment sites for members of Bronze Age communities. Its position on Heyshott Common, west of Foundry Cottages, places it within a landscape that saw extensive prehistoric settlement and ritual activity. The monument survives as a scheduled ancient monument and represents an important record of funerary practices and social organisation during the Bronze Age period in Sussex.
Bowl barrow on Heyshott Common, 250m west of Foundry Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010438. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Heyshott Common is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the South Downs in West Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010438.
Bowl barrow on Heyshott Common, 250m west of Foundry Cottages 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 1010438.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval settlement in Eastdean Park, 670m north east of Counter's Gate (7.1 km), Bowl barrow in Stonehill Clump, Goodwood Country Park (7.8 km), Cross dyke on St Roche's Hill, 410m and 425m north east of The Trundle hillfort (7.9 km).
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