Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRomano-British villa and traces of Iron Age occupation 500m WSW of New Barn

Romano-British villa and traces of Iron Age occupation 500m WSW of New Barn

England
List entry 1015886
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015886
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.48 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 05370 04471
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The site 500m WSW of New Barn is a Romano-British villa with evidence of earlier Iron Age settlement. The villa represents the Romano-British period of occupation and use, demonstrating the continuity of settlement activity across the Iron Age and Roman periods on this Sussex location. The presence of Iron Age remains indicates pre-Roman habitation of the site, suggesting that this area maintained strategic or economic importance through successive periods of occupation. The villa itself belongs to the broader pattern of rural Romano-British settlement in Sussex, where such villas served as centres of agricultural production and local authority during the Roman occupation of Britain.

Romano-British villa and traces of Iron Age occupation 500m WSW of New Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015886. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Romano-British villa and traces of Iron Age occupation 500m WSW of New Barn?

The site 500m WSW of New Barn is a Romano-British villa with evidence of earlier Iron Age settlement. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015886.

Who is responsible for protecting Romano-British villa and traces of Iron Age occupation 500m WSW of New Barn?

Romano-British villa and traces of Iron Age occupation 500m WSW of New Barn 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 1015886.

What other scheduled monuments are near Romano-British villa and traces of Iron Age occupation 500m WSW of New Barn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ringwork 400m NNW of Batworthpark House (3.3 km), Highdown Hill Camp: A Ram's Hill type enclosure, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and associated remains (3.9 km), A 19th century artillery fort known as Littlehampton Fort, 317m south west of the Windmill Theatre (4.2 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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Romano-British villa and traces of Iron Age occupation 500m WSW of New Barn

Romano-British villa and traces of Iron Age occupation 500m WSW of New Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Romano-British villa and traces of Iron Age occupation 500m WSW of New Barn

ChichesterRoman town · ~12 milesFishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~13.5 miles