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Round barrow S of Breaky Bottom is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England. The barrow forms part of a group of Bronze Age monuments in the Breaky Bottom area, which represents an important concentration of prehistoric funerary activity in the region. As a round barrow, it would have served as a burial monument for one or more individuals, typical of funerary practice during the Bronze Age period. The monument's survival and scheduling as a protected heritage site reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial customs in Sussex.
Round barrow S of Breaky Bottom is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002264. View the official record →
Round barrow S of Breaky Bottom is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002264.
Round barrow S of Breaky Bottom 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 1002264.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Highdole Hill, Romano-British settlement (0.5 km), Cross dyke on Telscombe Tye (1.8 km), Pedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrow S of Breaky Bottom'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 S of Breaky Bottom stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.