Details

The monument includes a bowl barrow situated on a ridge of the Sussex Downs, a
location which enjoys extensive views of the Channel coast to the south and
the Weald to the north. The barrow has a roughly circular mound c.19m in
diameter which survives to a height of around 0.5m. Surrounding the mound is 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.
Topsoil dumping has partly obscured the profile of the mound and partly
overlies the ditch on the western side of the barrow.

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.

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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.

Although it shows signs of partial disturbance by topsoil dumping and scrub
growth, the bowl barrow 290m NNW of White Lion Pond survives comparatively
well and will contain contemporary archaeological and environmental remains.
The barrow is one of a number of broadly contemporary round barrows sited
along a ridge of the Sussex Downs, illustrating the importance of this area of
downland for burial practices during the prehistoric period.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Other
Source 2, RCHME F1 PAS, TQ 40 NE 51, (1973)

Source: Historic England