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Bowl barrow on Lavington Common is a Bronze Age burial mound situated approximately 150 metres south-south-east of Main Wood Cottage in Sussex, England. The monument is a well-preserved example of the bowl barrow type, a funerary structure characteristic of the Bronze Age period when such earthen mounds were constructed across the English landscape to mark the burial sites of individuals and communities. The barrow survives as a distinct earthwork on Lavington Common, contributing to the archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the Sussex region. As a scheduled monument, it remains an important physical testimony to prehistoric ceremonial and mortuary traditions.
Bowl barrow on Lavington Common, 150m SSE of Main Wood Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009045. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Lavington Common is a Bronze Age burial mound situated approximately 150 metres south-south-east of Main Wood Cottage in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009045.
Bowl barrow on Lavington Common, 150m SSE of Main Wood Cottage 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 1009045.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 430m north east of Gumber Farm (7.2 km), Seven sections of Stane Street Roman road between Eartham and Bignor, a prehistoric linear boundary and two bowl barrows (8.9 km), Bowl barrow in Stonehill Clump, Goodwood Country Park (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Lavington Common, 150m SSE of Main Wood Cottage'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 Lavington Common, 150m SSE of Main Wood Cottage stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.