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Part of an Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery at Manor Cottages

England
List entry 1010700
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010700
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.33 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 51051 07176
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Part of an Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery at Manor Cottages is a burial ground dating to the Anglo-Saxon period, located in Sussex. The site represents evidence of early medieval burial practice and settlement patterns in the region. As an inhumation cemetery, it demonstrates the Christian burial customs that became prevalent in Anglo-Saxon England following the conversion period. The monument's significance lies in its contribution to understanding Anglo-Saxon settlement, social organisation, and funerary practices in Sussex during the early medieval period.

Part of an Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery at Manor Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010700. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Part of an Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery at Manor Cottages?

Part of an Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery at Manor Cottages is a burial ground dating to the Anglo-Saxon period, located in Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010700.

Who is responsible for protecting Part of an Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery at Manor Cottages?

Part of an Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery at Manor Cottages 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 1010700.

What other scheduled monuments are near Part of an Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery at Manor Cottages?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Oval barrow 200m north east of Exceat Park Centre (7.6 km), Remains of a medieval manor house and associated dovecote 130m and 110m north west of Westdean Manor (7.7 km), Remains of Exceat parish church: part of the former medieval settlement of Exceat, 690m south south west of Westdean Manor (8.4 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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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Oval barrow 200m north east of Exceat Park Centre
7.6 km
Remains of a medieval manor house and associated dovecote 130m and 110m north west of Westdean Manor
7.7 km
Remains of Exceat parish church: part of the former medieval settlement of Exceat, 690m south south west of Westdean Manor
8.4 km
Medieval crypt, Church Street
8.7 km
Bowl barrow at Newbarn Bottom, 450m east of Foxhole
8.9 km
Martello tower no 74 on Seaford Esplanade
9 km
Bowl barrow on Willingdon Hill
9.1 km
Napoleonic Barracks 480m south-west of Foxhole Farm, Cuckmere Haven
9.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Part of an Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery at Manor Cottages

Part of an Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery at Manor Cottages stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Part of an Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery at Manor Cottages

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~7.5 milesBattle of Hastings 1066Battle (1066) · ~15.6 miles
Domesday entry for Selmeston, Sussex →
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