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Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Combe Hill

England
List entry 1012497
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012497
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.11 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 57489 02215
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Combe Hill causewayed enclosure is a Neolithic monument located in Sussex, dating to the early Neolithic period around 3500–3000 BCE. The site consists of concentric ditches interrupted by causeways, a characteristic design of causewayed enclosures that were among the earliest monumental structures built in Britain. Such enclosures served multiple purposes including communal gatherings, stock management, and ritual activity, reflecting the social organisation of early farming communities. The Combe Hill example represents an important archaeological record of early Neolithic settlement and land use in southern England.

Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Combe Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012497. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Combe Hill?

Combe Hill causewayed enclosure is a Neolithic monument located in Sussex, dating to the early Neolithic period around 3500–3000 BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012497.

Who is responsible for protecting Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Combe Hill?

Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Combe 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 1012497.

What other scheduled monuments are near Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Combe Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows south of Pashley (4.2 km), Medieval farmstead and regular aggregate field system, 805m west of Crapham Barn (4.4 km), Bowl barrow west of Well Combe (5.2 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

Two bowl barrows south of Pashley
4.2 km
Medieval farmstead and regular aggregate field system, 805m west of Crapham Barn
4.4 km
Bowl barrow west of Well Combe
5.2 km
The Wish Tower: martello tower no 73
5.5 km
Bowl barrow 150m south of Well Combe
5.7 km
Bowl barrow 200m south-east of Well Combe
5.7 km
Bowl barrow 500m north-east of Cornish Farm
5.7 km
Field system on Bullock Down
6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Combe Hill

Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Combe Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Combe Hill

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~12.4 milesBattle of Hastings 1066Battle (1066) · ~13.5 miles
Domesday entry for Jevington, Sussex →
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