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Oval barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located on Stoughton Down in Sussex, England. The monument forms part of a pair of barrows situated on this downland landscape, with the oval barrow representing the south-eastern of the two. Like many barrows of this period, it would have functioned as a burial monument for a community or individual of significance. The site remains archaeologically important as evidence of prehistoric funerary practice and settlement patterns in the Sussex Weald.
Oval barrow, the south-eastern of two on Stoughton Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010919. View the official record →
Oval barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located on Stoughton Down in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010919.
Oval barrow, the south-eastern of two on Stoughton Down 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 1010919.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chichester Dyke, sections in Little Cotfield Plantation (5.6 km), A Romano-Celtic temple, Iron Age shrine and associated remains 250m north west of Ratham Mill (5.8 km), Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section extending 430yds (393m) through East Broyle Copse, to railway, and earthwork extending 400yds (365m) from Brandy Hole Lane, New Fishbourne (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Oval barrow, the south-eastern of two on Stoughton Down'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.
Oval barrow, the south-eastern of two on Stoughton Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.