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Platform barrow on Bepton Down

England
List entry 1009761
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009761
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.12 hectares
Grid reference
SU 85541 16920
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Platform barrow on Bepton Down is a Neolithic burial mound located in West Sussex, England. The monument consists of a substantial earthwork platform with a surrounding ditch, characteristic of platform barrows which represent a distinctive funerary tradition of the Neolithic period. The barrow is situated on high downland terrain typical of South Downs burial locations, where such monuments often commanded prominent positions in the landscape. As a scheduled ancient monument and entry on the National Heritage List for England, Platform barrow remains an important archaeological site documenting Neolithic mortuary practices and settlement patterns in southern Britain.

Platform barrow on Bepton Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009761. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Platform barrow on Bepton Down?

Platform barrow on Bepton Down is a Neolithic burial mound located in West Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009761.

Who is responsible for protecting Platform barrow on Bepton Down?

Platform barrow on Bepton 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 1009761.

What other scheduled monuments are near Platform barrow on Bepton Down?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A 210m length of Devil's Ditch running east from Chichester Main Road to Pook Lane (8.8 km), Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 110yds (100m) in Raughmere Copse (8.8 km), Devil's Ditch, section extending 960yds (870m) S of Lavant House (8.8 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

A 210m length of Devil's Ditch running east from Chichester Main Road to Pook Lane
8.8 km
Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 110yds (100m) in Raughmere Copse
8.8 km
Devil's Ditch, section extending 960yds (870m) S of Lavant House
8.8 km
Devil's Ditch, section extending 1200yds (1100m) through Little Tomlins Copse
9 km
A 362m length of Devil's Ditch running WNW from Chapel Lane
9.1 km
Devil's Ditch, section extending 200yds (180m) E from Chapel Lane
9.1 km
Devil's Ditch, section extending 900yds (820m), Lye Wood, West Stoke
9.1 km
Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending N 480yds (440m) from The Drive, Summersdale, near Chichester
9.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Platform barrow on Bepton Down

Platform barrow on Bepton Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Platform barrow on Bepton Down

ChichesterRoman town · ~7.5 milesFishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~7.7 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~24.4 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~17.9 miles
Domesday entry for Bepton, Sussex →
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