Details

The monument includes a bowl barrow situated on a rise in the Greensand 2.5km
north of the South Downs. The barrow consists of a central mound 20m in
diameter and 1.3m high with a surrounding ditch from which material was
quarried during the construction of the monument. Over the years the ditch
has become infilled and is now no longer visible at ground level but survives
as a buried feature c.3m wide.
Excluded from the scheduling is the fence which crosses the edge of the
monument from east to west although the ground beneath is included.

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.

Source: Historic England

Reasons for Scheduling

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 limited damage caused by tree roots, the bowl barrow 100m south
of Barnett's Farm survives comparatively well and contains archaeological
remains and environmental evidence relating to the landscape in which the
monument was constructed.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Other
Aldsworth, F G, SU91NW50, (1978)

Source: Historic England