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Seven sections of Stane Street Roman road between Eartham and Bignor is a scheduled ancient monument comprising segments of the Roman road known as Stane Street, which connected Chichester and London during the Roman occupation of Britain. The surviving sections preserve evidence of the road's construction and alignment across the Sussex landscape, demonstrating the engineering infrastructure of Romano-British transport networks. The monument also encompasses a prehistoric linear boundary and two bowl barrows, indicating the palimpsest of human activity across this landscape from prehistoric times through the Roman period. These features together document multiple phases of land use and settlement spanning several millennia.
Seven sections of Stane Street Roman road between Eartham and Bignor, a prehistoric linear boundary and two bowl barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016621. View the official record →
Seven sections of Stane Street Roman road between Eartham and Bignor is a scheduled ancient monument comprising segments of the Roman road known as Stane Street, which connected Chichester and London during the Roman occupation of Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016621.
Seven sections of Stane Street Roman road between Eartham and Bignor, a prehistoric linear boundary and two bowl barrows 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 1016621.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long Down prehistoric flint mine (0.8 km), Devil's Ditch, section 725yds (660m) long W of Ounces Barn (2.5 km), Halnaker House: a fortified medieval manor house and part of its landscaped grounds (2.8 km).
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