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Three round barrows E of Caburn Bottom is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Sussex, England. The three barrows represent a characteristic funerary landscape of the second millennium BCE, a period when such earthen mounds were constructed to mark high-status graves across southern Britain. The barrows form part of a broader distribution of Bronze Age burial sites in the region, reflecting patterns of settlement and ceremonial practice in prehistoric Sussex. These monuments survive as archaeological features of importance for understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and land use in the South Downs area.
Three round barrows E of Caburn Bottom is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002258. View the official record →
Three round barrows E of Caburn Bottom is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002258.
Three round barrows E of Caburn Bottom 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 1002258.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton (7.1 km), Cross dyke on Telscombe Tye (7.9 km), Bowl barrow, 870m NNE of Blackstone Barn (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three round barrows E of Caburn Bottom'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 round barrows E of Caburn Bottom stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.