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Itford Hill style settlement and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field at New Barn Down is an ancient monument located near Myrtle Grove Farm in Sussex, England. The site comprises archaeological remains from two distinct periods: an Iron Age settlement of Itford Hill type and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field, indicating successive phases of occupation and use of this landscape. The monument represents important evidence for settlement patterns and burial practices across the transition from the Iron Age into the early medieval period. The site's archaeological significance lies in its potential to illuminate continuities and changes in land use and social organisation across these chronological horizons.
Itford Hill style settlement and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field at New Barn Down, 850m north west of Myrtle Grove Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017446. View the official record →
Itford Hill style settlement and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field at New Barn Down is an ancient monument located near Myrtle Grove Farm in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017446.
Itford Hill style settlement and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field at New Barn Down, 850m north west of Myrtle Grove Farm 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 1017446.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric flint mine and part of a round barrow cemetery at Blackpatch, 400m north east of Myrtle Grove Farm (1 km), Deserted medieval settlement at Upper Barpham Farm (1.8 km), Flint mine and part of a cross dyke 300m south east of Tolmare Farm (2.6 km).
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