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Bowl barrow west of Paradise Plantation

England
List entry 1009078
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009078
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
TV 59279 98307
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow west of Paradise Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Sussex, England. The barrow takes the form of a circular mound characteristic of Bronze Age burial practices in southern England, dating to the second millennium BCE. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important surviving example of prehistoric mortuary architecture in the Sussex landscape. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1009078.

Bowl barrow west of Paradise Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009078. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow west of Paradise Plantation?

Bowl barrow west of Paradise Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009078.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow west of Paradise Plantation?

Bowl barrow west of Paradise Plantation 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 1009078.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow west of Paradise Plantation?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow west of Well Combe (1.1 km), Bowl barrow 150m south of Well Combe (1.4 km), Bowl barrow 200m south-east of Well Combe (1.4 km).

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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
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow west of Well Combe
1.1 km
Bowl barrow 150m south of Well Combe
1.4 km
Bowl barrow 200m south-east of Well Combe
1.4 km
Medieval farmstead and regular aggregate field system, 805m west of Crapham Barn
1.9 km
Three bowl barrows on Heathy Brow
2 km
The Wish Tower: martello tower no 73
2 km
Field system on Bullock Down
2.2 km
Bowl barrow 500m north-east of Cornish Farm
2.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow west of Paradise Plantation

Bowl barrow west of Paradise Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow west of Paradise Plantation

Battle of Hastings 1066Battle (1066) · ~14.3 milesBattle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~14.6 miles
Domesday entry for Chollington, Sussex →
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