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Saltern in Saltings Field, 220m north of Beeding Bridge

England
List entry 1017660
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017660
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.04 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 19211 10824
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Saltern in Saltings Field is an Iron Age salt-working site located 220 metres north of Beeding Bridge in Sussex. The monument represents evidence of prehistoric industrial activity, with archaeological remains indicative of salt production methods practised during the Iron Age period. The site's designation reflects its importance in understanding ancient economic activity and resource exploitation in Sussex, particularly the extraction and processing of salt from local sources. Such saltern sites are characteristic archaeological markers of Iron Age settlement patterns and demonstrate the significance of salt production as a valued commodity in prehistoric Britain.

Saltern in Saltings Field, 220m north of Beeding Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017660. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Saltern in Saltings Field, 220m north of Beeding Bridge?

Saltern in Saltings Field is an Iron Age salt-working site located 220 metres north of Beeding Bridge in Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017660.

Who is responsible for protecting Saltern in Saltings Field, 220m north of Beeding Bridge?

Saltern in Saltings Field, 220m north of Beeding Bridge 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 1017660.

What other scheduled monuments are near Saltern in Saltings Field, 220m north of Beeding Bridge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Shrunken medieval settlement at Old Erringham (3.5 km), Cross dyke on Steep Down, 700m north east of Beggars Bush (4.1 km), Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow (4.3 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Shrunken medieval settlement at Old Erringham
3.5 km
Cross dyke on Steep Down, 700m north east of Beggars Bush
4.1 km
Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow
4.3 km
Cross dyke on Steep Down, 600m north east of Titch Hill Farm
4.6 km
Martin Down style enclosure, bowl barrow, Iron Age hillfort, Romano-British village and associated field system on Thundersbarrow Hill
4.7 km
Shoreham Airfield dome trainer, 240m south west of Sussex Pad Hotel
5 km
Cissbury Ring hillfort, prehistoric flint mine and associated remains
6 km
The Marlipins
6.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Saltern in Saltings Field, 220m north of Beeding Bridge

Saltern in Saltings Field, 220m north of Beeding Bridge stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Saltern in Saltings Field, 220m north of Beeding Bridge

ChichesterRoman town · ~20.9 milesFishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~22.4 milesBattle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~12.8 miles
Domesday entry for Beeding, Sussex →
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