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Bowl barrow south of Burton Rough is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Sussex, England. The site consists of a distinctive circular mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial form across prehistoric Britain dating primarily to the Bronze Age, though some examples may be earlier. Bowl barrows typically served as communal or individual burial monuments, often containing cremated or inhumed human remains beneath the earthwork mound. This example survives as an archaeological feature of significance for understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Sussex landscape.
Bowl barrow south of Burton Rough is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010137. View the official record →
Bowl barrow south of Burton Rough is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010137.
Bowl barrow south of Burton Rough 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 1010137.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 430m north east of Gumber Farm (6.4 km), The Mill Ball: a bowl barrow south of Bury Hill (7.6 km), Cross dyke 330m north west of Whiteways Lodge (8.1 km).
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