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Three barrows on Offham Hill is a Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary monument comprising three burial mounds located in Sussex, England. The barrows form part of the broader landscape of prehistoric burial practices in the South Downs, reflecting the ritual and social structures of Bronze Age communities in southern England. The site's positioning on the hill would have afforded visibility across the surrounding landscape, typical of barrow placement during this period. As registered monuments, these structures retain archaeological significance for understanding regional patterns of Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practice.
Three barrows on Offham Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002276. View the official record →
Three barrows on Offham Hill is a Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary monument comprising three burial mounds located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002276.
Three barrows on Offham 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 1002276.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow S of Breaky Bottom (6.8 km), Highdole Hill, Romano-British settlement (7.1 km), Bowl barrow on Itford Hill (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three barrows on Offham 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.
Three barrows on Offham Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.