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The pair of bowl barrows on Baily's Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Sussex. Bowl barrows represent one of the most common forms of prehistoric burial mound, typically consisting of a central grave chamber surrounded by an earthen mound with a distinctive bowl-shaped profile. This example comprises two such mounds situated in close proximity, suggesting a place of repeated burial or ritual significance during the prehistoric period. The monument survives as an archaeological earthwork and remains an important record of prehistoric funerary practice in the region.
Pair of bowl barrows on Baily's Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016684. View the official record →
The pair of bowl barrows on Baily's Hill is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016684.
Pair of bowl barrows on Baily's 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 1016684.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Camp near Belle Tout lighthouse, Birling Gap (1.8 km), Bowl barrow 500m SSE of Cornish Farm (2.3 km), Bowl barrow 500m north-east of Cornish Farm (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pair of bowl barrows on Baily's Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Pair of bowl barrows on Baily's Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.