Bowl barrow 650m ESE of Jerry's Pond, forming part of a round barrow cemetery south east of Bostal Hill
Overview
Heritage Category: Scheduled Monument
List Entry Number: 1014649
Date first listed: 10-Jul-1996
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Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: East Sussex
District: Wealden (District Authority)
Parish: Alciston
National Park: SOUTH DOWNS
National Grid Reference: TQ 50073 04368
Reasons for Designation
Round barrow cemeteries date to the Bronze Age (c.2000-700 BC). They comprise
closely-spaced groups of up to 30 round barrows - rubble or earthen mounds
covering single or multiple burials. Most cemeteries developed over a
considerable period of time, often many centuries, and in some cases acted as
a focus for burials as late as the early medieval period. They exhibit
considerable diversity of burial rite, plan and form, frequently including
several different types of round barrow, occasionally associated with earlier
long barrows. Where large scale investigation has been undertaken around them,
contemporary or later "flat" burials between the barrow mounds have often been
revealed. Round barrow cemeteries occur across most of lowland Britain, with a
marked concentration in Wessex. In some cases, they are clustered around other
important contemporary monuments such as henges. Often occupying prominent
locations, they are a major historic element in the modern landscape, whilst
their diversity and their longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the variety of beliefs and social organisation amongst early
prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period
and a substantial proportion of surviving or partly-surviving examples are
considered worthy of protection.
Bowl barrows are the most numerous form of round barrow and date from the Late
Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age. Most examples were constructed in the
period 2400-1500 BC. They occur across most of lowland Britain and, although
superficially similar in appearance, exhibit regional variations of form and a
diversity of burial practices.
The bowl barrow 650m ESE of Jerry's Pond survives comparatively well and will
contain archaeological and environmental evidence relating to the period in
which it was constructed and used.
Details
The monument includes a bowl barrow which forms part of a prehistoric round
barrow cemetery of seven barrows situated along a ridge of the Sussex Downs.
This location enjoys extensive views of the Channel coast to the south and the
Weald to the north. The barrow has a roughly circular, uneven mound c.9m in
diameter and surviving to a height of c.0.4m, surrounded by a ditch from which
material used to construct the barrow was excavated. This has become infilled
over the years, but survives as a buried feature c.2m 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: 27047
Legacy System: RSM
Sources
Other
source 2, RCHME, TQ 50 SW 7, (1934)
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