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The Group of three bowl barrows and an Anglo-Saxon mixed cemetery on Summer Down is a scheduled ancient monument located in Sussex, England. The three bowl barrows represent Bronze Age burial practice, whilst the Anglo-Saxon cemetery indicates continued use of the site for mortuary purposes during the early medieval period. The co-location of these two distinct burial traditions on the same location suggests the site retained sacred or significant status across multiple centuries, from the Bronze Age through to the Anglo-Saxon period. This palimpsest of burial activity provides evidence for long-term continuity of place and the perpetuation of ritual landscape importance across major cultural transitions in English prehistory and early history.
Group of three bowl barrows and an Anglo-Saxon mixed cemetery on Summer Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014952. View the official record →
The Group of three bowl barrows and an Anglo-Saxon mixed cemetery on Summer Down is a scheduled ancient monument located in Sussex, England.
Group of three bowl barrows and an Anglo-Saxon mixed cemetery on Summer Down 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 1014952.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of Port's Road and barrow on Round Hill, Hangleton (2.7 km), Dovecote at Patcham Court Farm, 80m north west of All Saints Church (3.7 km), Martin Down style enclosure, bowl barrow, Iron Age hillfort, Romano-British village and associated field system on Thundersbarrow Hill (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of three bowl barrows and an Anglo-Saxon mixed cemetery on Summer Down'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.
Group of three bowl barrows and an Anglo-Saxon mixed cemetery on Summer Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.