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MONUMENT NO. 408463

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Well preserved Bronze Age bowl barrow near Combe Hill causewayed enclosure

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(TQ 576 023) Tumuli (NR). (1)

(A = TQ 5761 0223) Ring barrow 12 paces diameter. Survey b H S Toms
on Brighton Library. Described in error as a disc in Curwen's
'Prehistoric Sussex' p 168 (plan).

(B = TQ 5768 0227) Bowl barrow with ditch. 15 paces in diameter,
4ft in height. Hollow in centre. (2)

Surveyed. (3)

'A', a ring barrow, c 13.5m overall diameter, the ditch 0.3m deep.

Re-surveyed at 1:2500.

'B' a ditched bowl barrow as described by Grinsell. The ditch survives as a darker growth of grass.

Published survey (25") correct. (4)

(TQ 5768 0227) In March 1995, RCHME carried out an analytical earthwork survey of the causewayed enclosure on Combe Hill (TQ 50 SE 12) as part of the Project to record Industry and Enclosure in the Neolithic Period. The Bronze Age barrows in the immediate vicinity of the enclosure were also surveyed (TQ 50 SE 11, 129). The ring barrow 'A' previously recorded as part of this monument was assigned a new NMR number to enhance the record (TQ 50 SE 129).

The barrow is generally as described by previous sources. It occupies a summit 200m east of the causewayed enclosure. The barrow is 15.5m in diameter and 1.2m high. As mentioned by Source 2, a trench, resulting from antiquarian excavation or looting, cuts into its northern side. There are traces of a ditch 0.1m deep on the western and eastern sides, possibly with a slight bank around the exterior.

For further details, see RCHME Level 3 client report and plan at 1:1000 scale, held in archive. (5)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1926.

( 2) Sussex Archaeological Society Sussex archaeological collections : relating to the history and antiquities of the counties of East and West Sussex

LV Grinsell 75, 1934 Page(s)273, 274

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 AC 03-JAN-58

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F2 NKB 01-MAY-73

(5) General reference

RCHME:INDUSTRY AND ENCLOSURE IN THE NEOLITHIC: Combe Hill Survey

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Well preserved Bronze Age ring or disc barrow adjacent to Combe Hill causewayed enclosure

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