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Cross dyke and platform barrow 460m south east of Chanctonbury Ring is a Bronze Age ritual and defensive monument located on the South Downs near Worthing in West Sussex. The site comprises an earthen platform barrow associated with a substantial cross dyke, representing two distinct but possibly related phases of prehistoric activity. The cross dyke, which cuts across the hillside, likely served a defensive or territorial function during the Bronze Age, whilst the platform barrow indicates Bronze Age burial or ceremonial practice in the locality. The monument lies in proximity to Chanctonbury Ring hillfort, itself a significant Iron Age fortification, suggesting sustained importance of this elevated landscape for settlement and ritual purposes across several prehistoric periods.
Cross dyke and platform barrow 460m south east of Chanctonbury Ring hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015121. View the official record →
Cross dyke and platform barrow 460m south east of Chanctonbury Ring is a Bronze Age ritual and defensive monument located on the South Downs near Worthing in West Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015121.
Cross dyke and platform barrow 460m south east of Chanctonbury Ring hillfort 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 1015121.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow (3 km), Cissbury Ring hillfort, prehistoric flint mine and associated remains (3.6 km), Bowl barrow 100m west of the south western edge of Cissbury Ring hillfort (4 km).
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