Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRegular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow

Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow

England
List entry 1014946
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014946
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
33.76 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 15386 08827
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Park Brow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England, forming part of a wider archaeological landscape that encompasses prehistoric and Romano-British settlement activity. The site is designated as a scheduled monument and incorporates a bowl barrow of Bronze Age date alongside evidence of field systems and farmstead occupation spanning from prehistoric through Romano-British periods. The barrow itself represents a typical funerary monument of the Bronze Age, whilst the associated field boundaries and settlement remains demonstrate the continuity of agricultural land use and habitation across multiple chronological phases. The site's archaeological significance lies in its preservation of this palimpsest of settlement patterns, illustrating the long-term human occupation and land management strategies within the Sussex landscape.

Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014946. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow?

Park Brow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England, forming part of a wider archaeological landscape that encompasses prehistoric and Romano-British settlement activity. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014946.

Who is responsible for protecting Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow?

Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow 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 1014946.

What other scheduled monuments are near Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cissbury Ring hillfort, prehistoric flint mine and associated remains (1.7 km), Cross dyke on Steep Down, 700m north east of Beggars Bush (1.8 km), Bowl barrow 100m west of the south western edge of Cissbury Ring hillfort (2.2 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow

Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow

ChichesterRoman town · ~18.3 milesFishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~19.9 milesBattle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~15.2 miles