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Bowl barrow in Starve Acre Copse, 200m east of Heather View

A Scheduled Monument in Heyshott, West Sussex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.9644 / 50°57'51"N

Longitude: -0.7212 / 0°43'16"W

OS Eastings: 489896.812733

OS Northings: 119104.319953

OS Grid: SU898191

Mapcode National: GBR DF9.JGP

Mapcode Global: FRA 96CK.JTW

Entry Name: Bowl barrow in Starve Acre Copse, 200m east of Heather View

Scheduled Date: 3 June 1992

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1010436

English Heritage Legacy ID: 20029

County: West Sussex

Civil Parish: Heyshott

Traditional County: Sussex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Sussex

Church of England Parish: Heyshott St James

Church of England Diocese: Chichester

Details

The monument includes a bowl barrow situated on the south facing crest of a
Greensand ridge 2km north of the South Downs. The barrow mound survives as an
earthwork 18m in diameter and 2m high. Surrounding the barrow is a ditch from
which material was quarried during the construction of the monument. This has
been infilled over the years and is no longer visible at ground level except
to the south of the mound where there is a flat step 3m wide between the mound
and the fall of slope to the south. The rest of the ditch survives as a
buried feature c.3m wide. A hollow in the centre of the mound suggests that
it was once partially excavated.

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 evidence for partial excavation, the bowl barrow in Starve Acre Copse
survives comparatively well and contains archaeological remains and
environmental evidence relating to the landscape in which it was constructed.
The importance of the site is enhanced by its association with a number of
similar burial monuments in addition to evidence for contemporary settlement
which occurs in the area. Such information provides a detailed insight into
the settlement history and land-use of this area during the Bronze Age period.

Source: Historic England

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