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Bowl barrow in Edgar Plantation

A Scheduled Monument in Harting, West Sussex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.9397 / 50°56'22"N

Longitude: -0.8671 / 0°52'1"W

OS Eastings: 479693.223706

OS Northings: 116193.089732

OS Grid: SU796161

Mapcode National: GBR CD5.3KL

Mapcode Global: FRA 962M.G09

Entry Name: Bowl barrow in Edgar Plantation

Scheduled Date: 9 October 1981

Last Amended: 21 July 1992

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1009759

English Heritage Legacy ID: 20016

County: West Sussex

Civil Parish: Harting

Traditional County: Sussex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Sussex

Church of England Parish: Octagon

Church of England Diocese: Chichester

Details

The monument includes a bowl barrow situated on a ridge running south from
Harting Hill in an area of undulating chalk downland. The barrow mound
survives as an earthwork feature 14m in diameter and stands to a height of 1m.
Surrounding the barrow mound is a ditch from which material was quarried
during the construction of the monument. This has been largely infilled over
the years and is no longer visible on the east, north and west of the barrow
mound where it survives as a buried feature. On the south side, however, it
can be seen as a slight depression 3m wide and 0.3m deep.

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.

Source: Historic England

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