Scheduled MonumentsEnglandPedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye

Pedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye

England
List entry 1009942
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009942
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 39616 02669
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Pedlersburgh is a bowl barrow located on Telscombe Tye in Sussex, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a form of burial mound typical of that period across southern Britain. Bowl barrows are among the most common barrow type, characterised by a simple rounded mound of earth and stone raised over a central burial or burials. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1009942, reflecting its significance as a surviving example of Bronze Age funerary architecture in the Sussex landscape.

Pedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009942. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Pedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye?

Pedlersburgh is a bowl barrow located on Telscombe Tye in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009942.

Who is responsible for protecting Pedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye?

Pedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye 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 1009942.

What other scheduled monuments are near Pedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye, 650m south west of Pedlersburgh (0.7 km), Cross dyke on Telscombe Tye (0.8 km), Highdole Hill, Romano-British settlement (1.9 km).

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Monuments
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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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Pedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye

Pedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Pedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye

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