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Flint mines on Bow Hill is a Neolithic flint extraction site located in Sussex, England. The mines represent evidence of organized prehistoric resource exploitation, dating to the Neolithic period when flint was a valued material for tool manufacture. The site consists of shallow mineworkings where flint nodules were extracted from chalk deposits, reflecting the technological capabilities and economic activities of early farming communities. Such flint mines were essential to Neolithic societies, providing raw material for implements used in daily life, hunting, and agriculture across prehistoric southern Britain.
Flint mines on Bow Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008378. View the official record →
Flint mines on Bow Hill is a Neolithic flint extraction site located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008378.
Flint mines on Bow Hill 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 1008378.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chichester Dyke, sections in Little Cotfield Plantation (4.5 km), A Romano-Celtic temple, Iron Age shrine and associated remains 250m north west of Ratham Mill (4.7 km), Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section extending 430yds (393m) through East Broyle Copse, to railway, and earthwork extending 400yds (365m) from Brandy Hole Lane, New Fishbourne (5.2 km).
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