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| Name: | Saxon Barrow Field on New Barn Down |
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| HER Ref: | MWS3363 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Designations
- Scheduled Monument 29273: ITFORD HILL STYLE SETTLEMENT AND AN ANGLO-SAXON BARROW FIELD AT NEW BARN DOWN, 850M NORTH WEST OF MYRTLE GROVE FARM
Summary
The monument includes an Itford Hill style settlement, part of its associated field system and a later barrow field dating to the early medieval period, situated on the southern slope of a chalk hill which forms part of the Sussex Downs.
Monument Types
- BURIAL (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 410 AD to 1539 AD)
- BARROW (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 600 AD to 800 AD)
Sources
| <1> | Excavation archive: Curwen EC & Grinsell LV. 1934. Sussex Arch Colls. 75:157-9plan. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Audrey Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: OS. 1971. TQ00NE4. |
| <4> | List: Welch. 1983. 484-5 & 488. |
| <5> | Scheduling record: Secretary of State. 1997. Schedule of Monuments. |
Associated Events
- Fully excav, Curwen EC, 1933
Associated Monuments
- MWS6397 - Related to: Itford Hill Style Settlement on New Barn Down (Monument)
- MWS3000 - Related to: Saxon Barrow on New Barn Down (part of New Barn Down Barrow Field) (Monument)
Associated Finds - none recorded
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