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Two bowl barrows on Iping Common, 520m SSW of Crossways Cottages

England
List entry 1009318
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009318
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.13 hectares
Grid reference
SU 85108 21810
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two bowl barrows on Iping Common, 520m SSW of Crossways Cottages is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Sussex, England. The site consists of two distinct bowl barrows, which are characteristic burial mounds of the Bronze Age period. These earthworks represent evidence of early Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in the Weald region. The barrows survive as earthen mounds on Iping Common, where they form part of a wider landscape of prehistoric burial monuments.

Two bowl barrows on Iping Common, 520m SSW of Crossways Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009318. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two bowl barrows on Iping Common, 520m SSW of Crossways Cottages?

Two bowl barrows on Iping Common, 520m SSW of Crossways Cottages is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009318.

Who is responsible for protecting Two bowl barrows on Iping Common, 520m SSW of Crossways Cottages?

Two bowl barrows on Iping Common, 520m SSW of Crossways Cottages 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 1009318.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two bowl barrows on Iping Common, 520m SSW of Crossways Cottages?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval chapel near Chilgrove, 295m north-west of Yewtree Cottage (6.3 km), Bell barrow north-west of Brooms Farm (6.3 km), Romano-British villa, with cemetery and associated building, at Batten Hanger, 600m south east of Hill Lands Farm (7 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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval chapel near Chilgrove, 295m north-west of Yewtree Cottage
6.3 km
Bell barrow north-west of Brooms Farm
6.3 km
Romano-British villa, with cemetery and associated building, at Batten Hanger, 600m south east of Hill Lands Farm
7 km
Roman villa on Warren Down
8.2 km
Cross dyke on Heathbarn Down, 520m south east of Lodge Hill Farm
8.8 km
Neolithic causewayed enclosure and associated remains on Court Hill
9.3 km
A multiple enclosure fort known as Goosehill Camp and a prehistoric linear boundary on Bow Hill
9.4 km
Iron Age farmstead and Roman villa, 360m SSW of Brickkiln Farm
9.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two bowl barrows on Iping Common, 520m SSW of Crossways Cottages

Two bowl barrows on Iping Common, 520m SSW of Crossways Cottages stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Two bowl barrows on Iping Common, 520m SSW of Crossways Cottages

ChichesterRoman town · ~10.5 milesFishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~10.7 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~23.4 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~16.5 miles
Domesday entry for Iping, Sussex →
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