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Bowl barrow on Springhead Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Springhead Farm in Sussex. The site consists of a simple mound structure typical of bowl barrows, a common burial form across southern England during the Bronze Age period. Such barrows served as communal or individual burial sites and often contained inhumations or cremations accompanied by grave goods. The monument's survival to the present day, despite millennia of agricultural activity in the Sussex landscape, testifies to its historical significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the region.
Bowl barrow on Springhead Hill, 750m SSW of Springhead Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015722. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Springhead Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located near Springhead Farm in Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015722.
Bowl barrow on Springhead Hill, 750m SSW of Springhead Farm 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 1015722.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deserted medieval settlement at Upper Barpham Farm (3.7 km), Burpham camp (4.5 km), Prehistoric flint mine and part of a round barrow cemetery at Blackpatch, 400m north east of Myrtle Grove Farm (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Springhead Hill, 750m SSW of Springhead Farm'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 Springhead Hill, 750m SSW of Springhead Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.