Bowl barrow 350m WNW of Barnett's Bridge
Overview
Heritage Category: Scheduled Monument
List Entry Number: 1009916
Date first listed: 03-Jun-1992
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Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: West Sussex
District: Chichester (District Authority)
Parish: Graffham
County: West Sussex
District: Chichester (District Authority)
Parish: Lodsworth
National Park: SOUTH DOWNS
National Grid Reference: SU 93809 19259
Reasons for Designation
Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments
dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most
examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as
earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple
burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often
acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar,
although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form
and a diversity of burial practices. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl
barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring
across most of lowland Britain. Often occupying prominent locations, they are
a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable
variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early
prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period
and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of
protection.
Despite evidence of partial excavation and erosion, the bowl barrow 350m WNW
of Barnett's Bridge survives well and contains archaeological remains and
environmental evidence relating to the monument and the landscape in which it
was constructed.
Details
The monument includes a bowl barrow situated on the crest of a ridge in the
Greensand 2.5 km north of the South Downs. The barrow survives as a central
mound 18m in diameter and 1.8m high. In the centre of the mound is a slight
hollow suggesting that the monument was once partially excavated. Surrounding
the mound is a ditch from which material was quarried during the construction
of the monument. This has become infilled over the years and is now no longer
visible at ground level but survives as a buried feature c.3m wide.
MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 20052
Legacy System: RSM
Sources
Books and journals
Grinsell, L V, 'Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club' in Hampshire Barrows, , Vol. 14, (1938)
Other
Darvill, T.C., Monument Class Description - Round Barrow Cemeteries, 1988,
Legal
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
End of official listing