Bowl barrow 960m WSW of Bignor Hill
List Entry Summary
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 Culture, Media and Sport.
Name: Bowl barrow 960m WSW of Bignor Hill
List entry Number: 1010148
Location
The monument may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: West Sussex
District: Chichester
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Bignor
National Park: SOUTH DOWNS
Grade: Not applicable to this List entry.
Date first scheduled: 07-Apr-1967
Date of most recent amendment: 09-Sep-1992
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: RSM
UID: 20098
Asset Groupings
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List entry Description
Summary of Monument
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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 partial excavation, the bowl barrow 960m WSW of Bignor Hill retains
further archaeological remains and environmental evidence relating to the
monument and the landscape in which it was constructed.
History
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Details
The monument includes a bowl barrow situated on the crest of a ridge of chalk
downland. The barrow is visible as a mound 19m in diameter and 0.6m high.
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 now
survives as a buried feature c.3m wide. The mound, which has been known
locally as `Watch Ways', was partially excavated before 1870 when seven
skeletons were found beneath the mound.
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.
Selected Sources
Books and journals
Grinsell, L V, 'Sussex Archaeological Collections' in Sussex Barrows, , Vol. 75, (1934)
Honywood, T, 'Sussex Archaeological Collections' in , , Vol. 22, (1870)
Other
Ketterington L, AM 12, (1980)
National Grid Reference: SU 97284 12919
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