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Bowl barrow reused as moot mound in Barkhale Wood is a Bronze Age funerary monument that was subsequently adapted for administrative purposes in the medieval period. The site comprises a round barrow with a bowl-shaped profile, typical of Bronze Age burial mounds found across southern England, situated within Barkhale Wood in Sussex. Its reuse as a moot mound, a gathering place for local judicial and administrative assemblies, reflects the practice of medieval communities appropriating prehistoric earthworks as focal points for communal governance. The monument thus preserves evidence of both prehistoric burial practices and medieval social organisation within a single archaeological feature.
Bowl barrow reused as moot mound in Barkhale Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012263. View the official record →
Bowl barrow reused as moot mound in Barkhale Wood is a Bronze Age funerary monument that was subsequently adapted for administrative purposes in the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012263.
Bowl barrow reused as moot mound in Barkhale Wood 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 1012263.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dalesdown Wood earthworks (3.1 km), Madehurst Wood earthworks (3.9 km), Goblestubbs Copse earthworks (4.8 km).
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