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Round barrow on Cliffe Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England. The barrow represents a funerary monument of the second millennium BC, a period when such earthworks were commonly constructed across southern England to contain the cremated or inhumed remains of significant individuals. The mound survives as a substantial circular earthwork, preserving evidence of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the region. As a scheduled ancient monument, it remains an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age mortuary traditions and the use of the Sussex landscape during the second millennium BC.
Round barrow on Cliffe Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002282. View the official record →
Round barrow on Cliffe Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002282.
Round barrow on Cliffe Hill 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 1002282.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fore Hill round barrow (7 km), Money Burgh, oval barrow 200m west of Deans Farm (7.1 km), Cross dyke on Telscombe Tye (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow on Cliffe Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Round barrow on Cliffe Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.