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Bowl barrow on Lavington Common, 550m north of Westerland Stud

England
List entry 1011855
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011855
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
SU 94733 18607
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Lavington Common, 550m north of Westerland Stud, is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common form of funerary monument constructed during the Bronze Age period. The barrow represents a significant archaeological record of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the Sussex Weald region. As a scheduled monument, it remains an important surviving example of Bronze Age mortuary architecture in the landscape.

Bowl barrow on Lavington Common, 550m north of Westerland Stud is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011855. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Lavington Common, 550m north of Westerland Stud?

Bowl barrow on Lavington Common, 550m north of Westerland Stud, is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011855.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Lavington Common, 550m north of Westerland Stud?

Bowl barrow on Lavington Common, 550m north of Westerland Stud 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 1011855.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Lavington Common, 550m north of Westerland Stud?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 430m north east of Gumber Farm (6.8 km), Seven sections of Stane Street Roman road between Eartham and Bignor, a prehistoric linear boundary and two bowl barrows (8.6 km), Bowl barrow in Stonehill Clump, Goodwood Country Park (8.7 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 430m north east of Gumber Farm
6.8 km
Seven sections of Stane Street Roman road between Eartham and Bignor, a prehistoric linear boundary and two bowl barrows
8.6 km
Bowl barrow in Stonehill Clump, Goodwood Country Park
8.7 km
The Mill Ball: a bowl barrow south of Bury Hill
9 km
Cross dyke 330m north west of Whiteways Lodge
9.4 km
Long Down prehistoric flint mine
9.4 km
Causewayed enclosure, World War II searchlight emplacements and associated remains on Halnaker Hill
9.4 km
Bowl barrow on Charlton Down, 250m south of Goodwood racecourse
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Lavington Common, 550m north of Westerland Stud

Bowl barrow on Lavington Common, 550m north of Westerland Stud stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Lavington Common, 550m north of Westerland Stud

ChichesterRoman town · ~10.1 milesFishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~11.1 miles
Domesday entry for Selham, Sussex →
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