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Twin bell barrow and a bowl barrow on Asdean Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Sussex, England. The site comprises two distinct barrow forms, a twin bell barrow and an associated bowl barrow, which represent characteristic burial traditions of the Bronze Age period. Bell barrows, distinguished by their bell-shaped profile created by a surrounding ditch and outer bank, typically date to the Early to Middle Bronze Age and often contained burials of higher-status individuals. The presence of multiple barrow types on Asdean Down suggests a cemetery or focal burial landscape typical of Bronze Age mortuary practice in southern England.
Twin bell barrow and a bowl barrow on Asdean Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011598. View the official record →
Twin bell barrow and a bowl barrow on Asdean Down is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011598.
Twin bell barrow and a bowl barrow on Asdean Down 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 1011598.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A Romano-Celtic temple, Iron Age shrine and associated remains 250m north west of Ratham Mill (4.3 km), Chichester Dyke, sections in Little Cotfield Plantation (4.9 km), Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section extending 430yds (393m) through East Broyle Copse, to railway, and earthwork extending 400yds (365m) from Brandy Hole Lane, New Fishbourne (6.2 km).
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Twin bell barrow and a bowl barrow on Asdean Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.