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Bowl barrow on Trotton Common, 500m south of Trotton Nurseries

England
List entry 1009333
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009333
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SU 84339 21804
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Trotton Common is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 500 metres south of Trotton Nurseries in West Sussex. The monument survives as a low earthwork of typical bowl barrow form, comprising a circular mound with a relatively flat summit and sloping sides. Such barrows represent a common funerary monument type of the Bronze Age, reflecting the burial practices and social organisation of early Bronze Age communities in southern England. The site is designated as a scheduled monument, recognising its archaeological significance and contribution to understanding prehistoric settlement and ritual practice in the Weald region.

Bowl barrow on Trotton Common, 500m south of Trotton Nurseries is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009333. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Trotton Common, 500m south of Trotton Nurseries?

Bowl barrow on Trotton Common is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 500 metres south of Trotton Nurseries in West Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009333.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Trotton Common, 500m south of Trotton Nurseries?

Bowl barrow on Trotton Common, 500m south of Trotton Nurseries 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 1009333.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Trotton Common, 500m south of Trotton Nurseries?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa on Warren Down (8.2 km), Bevis's Thumb long barrow, 370m west of Fernbeds Farm (8.4 km), Cross dyke on Heathbarn Down, 520m south east of Lodge Hill Farm (8.8 km).

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Overview
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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.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roman villa on Warren Down
8.2 km
Bevis's Thumb long barrow, 370m west of Fernbeds Farm
8.4 km
Cross dyke on Heathbarn Down, 520m south east of Lodge Hill Farm
8.8 km
A multiple enclosure fort known as Goosehill Camp and a prehistoric linear boundary on Bow Hill
9.2 km
Iron Age farmstead and Roman villa, 360m SSW of Brickkiln Farm
9.4 km
Neolithic causewayed enclosure and associated remains on Court Hill
9.7 km
Oval barrow, the north-western of two on Stoughton Down
9.9 km
Oval barrow, the south-eastern of two on Stoughton Down
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Trotton Common, 500m south of Trotton Nurseries

Bowl barrow on Trotton Common, 500m south of Trotton Nurseries 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 Trotton Common, 500m south of Trotton Nurseries

ChichesterRoman town · ~10.6 milesFishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~10.6 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~22.9 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~16 miles
Domesday entry for Trotton, Sussex →
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