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Bowl barrow on western summit of Combe Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the South Downs in Sussex. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound with a bowl-shaped profile, characteristic of Bronze Age burial practices in southern England. It survives as a substantial upstanding monument on the open downland, contributing to the archaeological landscape of the region. The site represents evidence of prehistoric settlement and funerary traditions on the South Downs during the Bronze Age period.
Bowl barrow on western summit of Combe Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013146. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on western summit of Combe Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the South Downs in Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013146.
Bowl barrow on western summit of Combe Hill 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 1013146.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows south of Pashley (4.3 km), Medieval farmstead and regular aggregate field system, 805m west of Crapham Barn (4.4 km), Bowl barrow west of Well Combe (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on western summit of Combe Hill'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 western summit of Combe Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.