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Bowl Barrow on Peacehaven Heights is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on the South Downs in Sussex. The barrow takes the form of a distinctive rounded mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial form across southern England during the Bronze Age period. Its location on Peacehaven Heights reflects the Bronze Age practice of constructing prominent burial monuments on elevated terrain, suggesting the site held territorial or ceremonial significance for the community that created it. The monument survives as an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the Sussex landscape.
Bowl Barrow on Peacehaven Heights, 242m south-west of Warren Court is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002281. View the official record →
Bowl Barrow on Peacehaven Heights is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on the South Downs in Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002281.
Bowl Barrow on Peacehaven Heights, 242m south-west of Warren Court 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 1002281.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newhaven military fort and lunette battery (1.9 km), Bowl barrow, the north westernmost barrow of a group of six bowl barrows, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill (3.6 km), Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill (3.6 km).
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