Part of Western Brow round barrow cemetery and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field 700m south of Westmeston Farm

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History & significance

Part of Western Brow round barrow cemetery is a Bronze Age burial monument located near Westmeston Farm in Sussex, England. The site comprises a group of round barrows, characteristic funerary structures of the Bronze Age period, which would have served as burial mounds for individuals of status within prehistoric communities. The cemetery sits approximately 700 metres south of Westmeston Farm and forms part of a larger barrow landscape typical of the Sussex Downs, where such monuments cluster along ridgeways and elevated terrain. The designation also encompasses an Anglo-Saxon barrow field in the vicinity, indicating later burial activity at or near the Bronze Age cemetery, demonstrating the site's continued ceremonial or commemorative significance into the early medieval period.

Part of Western Brow round barrow cemetery and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field 700m south of Westmeston Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014634. View the official record →

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