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Heathy Brow round barrows

England
List entry 1002265
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002265
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
TQ3962505234
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Heathy Brow round barrows is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Sussex, England. The site comprises a group of round barrows, earthwork burial mounds characteristic of funerary practice during the Bronze Age period. These barrows represent an important element of the prehistoric ceremonial and burial landscape of the South Downs region. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1002265.

Heathy Brow round barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002265. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Heathy Brow round barrows?

Heathy Brow round barrows is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002265.

Who is responsible for protecting Heathy Brow round barrows?

Heathy Brow round barrows 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 1002265.

What other scheduled monuments are near Heathy Brow round barrows?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow S of Breaky Bottom (0.6 km), Highdole Hill, Romano-British settlement (0.8 km), Cross dyke on Telscombe Tye (2.3 km).

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Overview
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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
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow S of Breaky Bottom
0.6 km
Highdole Hill, Romano-British settlement
0.8 km
Cross dyke on Telscombe Tye
2.3 km
Pedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye
2.6 km
Bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye, 650m south west of Pedlersburgh
3.2 km
Money Burgh, oval barrow 200m west of Deans Farm
3.2 km
Bowl barrow on Itford Hill
4 km
Long Barrow on Beacon Hill
4.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Heathy Brow round barrows

Heathy Brow round barrows stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Heathy Brow round barrows

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~3.9 miles
Domesday entry for Rodmell, Sussex →
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