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Two groups of round barrows SE of Firle Beacon is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located on the South Downs in East Sussex. The site comprises two distinct clusters of burial mounds situated in the landscape southeast of Firle Beacon, representing typical examples of the rounded earthwork structures used during the Bronze Age for interment of the dead. These barrows form part of the extensive barrow cemetery distribution characteristic of the Downland regions of southern England during the second millennium BC. The monument is designated as a nationally important archaeological site, preserving evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and the prehistoric use of the Sussex Downs.
Two groups of round barrows SE of Firle Beacon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003310. View the official record →
Two groups of round barrows SE of Firle Beacon is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located on the South Downs in East Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003310.
Two groups of round barrows SE of Firle Beacon 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 1003310.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Oval barrow 200m north east of Exceat Park Centre (6.5 km), Medieval crypt, Church Street (6.6 km), Newhaven military fort and lunette battery (6.7 km).
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