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Two groups of round barrows SE of Firle Beacon

England

List entry 1003310

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1003310

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.13 hectares

Grid reference

TQ4887805762, TQ4889205746, TQ4890305741, TQ4884805733, TQ4887205717, TQ4884505706, TQ4902305459, TQ4901605457, TQ4900605451, TQ4902705439, TQ4903305422, TQ4905605405

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Overview

History & significance

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 →

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What is Two groups of round barrows SE of Firle Beacon?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Two groups of round barrows SE of Firle Beacon?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two groups of round barrows SE of Firle Beacon?

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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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

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

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

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Legal

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

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

Remains of a medieval manor house and associated dovecote 130m and 110m north west of Westdean Manor

6.8 km

Martello tower no 74 on Seaford Esplanade

7 km

Remains of Exceat parish church: part of the former medieval settlement of Exceat, 690m south south west of Westdean Manor

7.3 km

Hillfort and a bowl barrow on Seaford Head

7.7 km

Bowl Barrow on Peacehaven Heights, 242m south-west of Warren Court

7.9 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two groups of round barrows SE of Firle Beacon

Two groups of round barrows SE of Firle Beacon stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Two groups of round barrows SE of Firle Beacon

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~6.8 miles Battle of Hastings 1066Battle (1066) · ~17.1 miles

Domesday entry for Tilton, Sussex →

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