Four bowl barrows on Lavington Common, north of Lower Barn
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: Four bowl barrows on Lavington Common, north of Lower Barn
List entry Number: 1011857
Location
The monument may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: West Sussex
District: Chichester
District Type: District Authority
Parish: East Lavington
National Park: SOUTH DOWNS
Grade: Not applicable to this List entry.
Date first scheduled: 31-Jul-1973
Date of most recent amendment: 12-Nov-1992
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: RSM
UID: 20048
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 some damage caused by forestry and animal burrowing, the four bowl
barrows on Lavington Common survive comparatively well and have potential for
the recovery of archaeological remains and environmental evidence relating to
the landscape in which they were constructed. Such groups provide an insight
into burial practices and social organization in the Bronze Age period as well
as suggesting the intensity of occupation which occurred in the area.
History
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Details
The monument includes four bowl barrows situated on a rise in the Greensand
2km north of the South Downs. The barrow furthest to the east (SU 9444 1840)
has a central mound which measures 18m in diameter and 1.2m 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 is no longer
visible at ground level but survives as a buried feature c.3m wide. The next
barrow (SU 9440 1839) to the west is 16m in diameter and 1.1m high and has a
surrounding ditch which has become infilled, surviving as a c.3m wide buried
feature. The third barrow (SU 9439 1836) is 16m in diameter and 1.5m high.
The surrounding ditch has become infilled and survives as a buried feature
c.3m wide. The fourth barrow (SU 9436 1839) has a central mound 18m in
diameter and 1m high. The surrounding ditch has become partially infilled and
is still visible to the south-west of the mound where there is a flat step
2.5m wide between the mound and the fall of the slope. The rest of the ditch
survives as a buried feature.
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
National Grid Reference: SU 94404 18377
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