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Heyshott Down round barrow cemetery and cross dykes

England
List entry 1017614
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017614
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.51 hectares
Grid reference
SU 90704 16492
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Heyshott Down round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial site located in West Sussex, England, comprising multiple round barrows distributed across the downland landscape. The cemetery dates to the Bronze Age and represents a significant funerary complex of its period, reflecting patterns of burial practice and territorial organisation characteristic of Bronze Age Sussex. The site is associated with cross dykes, linear earthworks that may have served defensive or territorial functions. The barrow cemetery and associated dykes together constitute an important archaeological monument documenting Bronze Age settlement and land use in the South Downs region.

Heyshott Down round barrow cemetery and cross dykes is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017614. View the official record →

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What is Heyshott Down round barrow cemetery and cross dykes?

Heyshott Down round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial site located in West Sussex, England, comprising multiple round barrows distributed across the downland landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017614.

Who is responsible for protecting Heyshott Down round barrow cemetery and cross dykes?

Heyshott Down round barrow cemetery and cross dykes 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 1017614.

What other scheduled monuments are near Heyshott Down round barrow cemetery and cross dykes?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Devil's Ditch, section extending 1730yds (1580m) from Stane Street to NW end of Redvin's Copse (8.1 km), Devil's Ditch, section extending 200yds (180m) E of Waterbeach Hotel, Goodwood Park (8.2 km), Boxgrove Priory (9 km).

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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Devil's Ditch, section extending 1730yds (1580m) from Stane Street to NW end of Redvin's Copse
8.1 km
Devil's Ditch, section extending 200yds (180m) E of Waterbeach Hotel, Goodwood Park
8.2 km
Boxgrove Priory
9 km
Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 110yds (100m) in Raughmere Copse
9.7 km
A 210m length of Devil's Ditch running east from Chichester Main Road to Pook Lane
9.7 km
Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending N 480yds (440m) from The Drive, Summersdale, near Chichester
10.1 km
Devil's Ditch, section extending 960yds (870m) S of Lavant House
10.1 km
Chichester Dyke, earthwork E of Chichester Barracks extending 600yds (550m)
10.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Heyshott Down round barrow cemetery and cross dykes

Heyshott Down round barrow cemetery and cross dykes stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Heyshott Down round barrow cemetery and cross dykes

ChichesterRoman town · ~7.8 milesFishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~8.6 miles
Domesday entry for Graffham, Sussex →
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