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The Devil's Jumps round barrow cemetery

England
List entry 1010760
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010760
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.59 hectares
Grid reference
SU 82477 17317
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Devil's Jumps is a round barrow cemetery located in Sussex, England, comprising a group of Bronze Age burial mounds. The site consists of several earthwork mounds arranged across the landscape, typical of the ceremonial and funerary practices of Bronze Age communities in southern England, likely dating to the second millennium BCE. The barrows represent the burial customs of prehistoric peoples and their social organisation, with such cemetery groupings indicating repeated use of particular locations for interment across generations. The site survives as a scheduled monument and provides evidence for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual practices in the Sussex Weald region.

The Devil's Jumps round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010760. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is The Devil's Jumps round barrow cemetery?

The Devil's Jumps is a round barrow cemetery located in Sussex, England, comprising a group of Bronze Age burial mounds. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010760.

Who is responsible for protecting The Devil's Jumps round barrow cemetery?

The Devil's Jumps round barrow cemetery 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 1010760.

What other scheduled monuments are near The Devil's Jumps round barrow cemetery?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Devil's Ditch, section extending 900yds (820m), Lye Wood, West Stoke (9.1 km), A 362m length of Devil's Ditch running WNW from Chapel Lane (9.3 km), Devil's Ditch, section extending 200yds (180m) E from Chapel Lane (9.4 km).

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Overview
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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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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Devil's Ditch, section extending 900yds (820m), Lye Wood, West Stoke
9.1 km
A 362m length of Devil's Ditch running WNW from Chapel Lane
9.3 km
Devil's Ditch, section extending 200yds (180m) E from Chapel Lane
9.4 km
Devil's Ditch, section extending 1200yds (1100m) through Little Tomlins Copse
9.5 km
Devil's Ditch, section extending 960yds (870m) S of Lavant House
9.6 km
Devil's Ditch, section extending 530yds (480m) W from Lavant Lodge
9.7 km
A 210m length of Devil's Ditch running east from Chichester Main Road to Pook Lane
9.7 km
Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending 250yds (230m) in Densworth Copse
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under The Devil's Jumps round barrow cemetery

The Devil's Jumps round barrow cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around The Devil's Jumps round barrow cemetery

Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~7.8 milesChichesterRoman town · ~8 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~22.6 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~16.1 miles
Domesday entry for Treyford, Sussex →
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