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Itford Hill style settlement on Cock Hill is a Late Bronze Age settlement located in Sussex, England. The site is characterised by the remains of circular domestic structures typical of the Itford Hill settlement type, a distinctive form of Bronze Age habitation found in southern England. Dating to approximately the eleventh to ninth centuries BC, the settlement represents an important example of later prehistoric settlement patterns and domestic organisation in the South Downs region. The physical remains visible at the site include evidence of post-built roundhouses and associated occupation debris, which provide archaeological insight into the subsistence and social structures of Late Bronze Age communities.
Itford Hill style settlement on Cock Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015881. View the official record →
Itford Hill style settlement on Cock Hill is a Late Bronze Age settlement located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015881.
Itford Hill style settlement on Cock 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 1015881.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Itford Hill style settlement and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field at New Barn Down, 850m north west of Myrtle Grove Farm (0.7 km), Prehistoric flint mine and part of a round barrow cemetery at Blackpatch, 400m north east of Myrtle Grove Farm (1 km), Flint mine and part of a cross dyke 300m south east of Tolmare Farm (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Itford Hill style settlement on Cock Hill'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.
Itford Hill style settlement on Cock Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.