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Bowl barrow on High and Over, Seaford is a prehistoric burial monument dating to the Bronze Age. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound with a circular plan, characteristic of the bowl barrow type that was prevalent across southern England during the second millennium BC. Located on the South Downs near Seaford in East Sussex, the monument represents one of numerous Bronze Age burial sites distributed across the downland landscape, reflecting patterns of land use and funerary practice in the prehistoric period. As a scheduled ancient monument, it remains an important archaeological record of early ceremonial and burial activity in the region.
Bowl barrow on High and Over, Seaford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009941. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on High and Over, Seaford is a prehistoric burial monument dating to the Bronze Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009941.
Bowl barrow on High and Over, Seaford 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 1009941.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Remains of Exceat parish church: part of the former medieval settlement of Exceat, 690m south south west of Westdean Manor (2.7 km), Bowl barrow at Newbarn Bottom, 450m east of Foxhole (3.3 km), Napoleonic Barracks 480m south-west of Foxhole Farm, Cuckmere Haven (3.4 km).
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