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Chelwood Gate Enclosure is a Neolithic or Bronze Age earthwork located in Sussex. The site comprises a roughly circular or oval enclosed area defined by a ditch and bank, characteristic of prehistoric defensive or ceremonial monuments of southern England. Its exact date of construction remains uncertain owing to limited archaeological investigation, though its form is consistent with enclosures constructed during the later prehistoric period. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and represents an important element of the archaeological landscape of the Sussex Weald.
Chelwood Gate Enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1423862. View the official record →
Chelwood Gate Enclosure is a Neolithic or Bronze Age earthwork located in Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1423862.
Chelwood Gate Enclosure 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 1423862.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stumbletts Furnace, 360m south-east of Twyford House (1.4 km), Romano-British bloomery in Pippingford Park, 775m north-east of Pippingford House (3.3 km), Pippingford furnace and ironworks, 885m south-west of New Lodge Farm (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Chelwood Gate Enclosure'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.
Chelwood Gate Enclosure stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.