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Three bowl barrows on Trotton Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in West Sussex, England. The three earthworks represent a characteristic form of Bronze Age burial practice, with bowl barrows being simple mounds raised over inhumation or cremation burials, typically dating to the second millennium BCE. The monument group survives as upstanding earthwork features on Trotton Common, preserving evidence of prehistoric settlement and ritual activity in the South Downs landscape. Such barrow cemeteries reflect the territorial and social organisation of Bronze Age communities, with multiple burial mounds often indicating repeated use of significant burial grounds over generations.
Three bowl barrows on Trotton Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009325. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows on Trotton Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in West Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009325.
Three bowl barrows on Trotton Common 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 1009325.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British villa, with cemetery and associated building, at Batten Hanger, 600m south east of Hill Lands Farm (6.8 km), Roman villa on Warren Down (8.3 km), Bevis's Thumb long barrow, 370m west of Fernbeds Farm (8.5 km).
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