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| Name: | Neolithic Settlement on New Barn Down |
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| HER Ref: | MWS3364 |
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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 presence of an earlier settlement dating to the Neolithic period (3500-2000 BC) is indicated by sherds of Windmill Hill style pottery and a flint axe head found during the investigations within a small pit situated c.130m south of the main Bronze Age enclosure.
Monument Types
- OCCUPATION SITE (Occupation debris, Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- PIT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Sources
| <1> | Excavation archive: Curwen EC. 1934. Sussex Arch Colls. 75:153-169 plan illsetc. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: OS. 1971. TQ00NE21. |
| <3> | 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)
Associated Finds
- AXE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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