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| Name: | Itford Hill style settlement on Cock Hill |
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| HER Ref: | MWS6396 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Designations
- Scheduled Monument 29272: ITFORD HILL STYLE SETTLEMENT ON COCK HILL
Summary
The monument includes an Itford Hill style settlement situated on a chalk hill which forms part of the Sussex Downs.
Monument Types
- CREMATION BURIAL (Buried, Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- POND (Late Bronze Age to Early Mesolithic - 1000 BC to 7001 BC)
- ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (In Use, Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- SETTLEMENT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
Sources
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Curwen E & EC. 1922. Sussex Arch Colls. 63:35-8 plan. |
| <2> | Excavation archive: Ratcliffe-Densham HBA & MM. 1961. Sussex Arch Colls. 99:78-101 plan photos etc. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: OS. 1971. TQ00NE1. |
| <5> | Scheduling record: Secretary of State. 1997. Schedule of Monuments. |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: 1997. EH Revised Scheduling. Ref:MPP24/ AA 53064/1. |
Associated Events
- Part excav, Ratcliffe-Densham HBA & MM, 1952-7
Associated Monuments
- MWS3009 - Related to: Beaker occupation - Cock Hill (Monument)
- MWS3005 - Related to: Bronze Age occupation - Cock hill (Monument)
- MWS3007 - Related to: Bronze Age pond - Cock Hill (Monument)
- MWS2994 - Related to: Early Iron Age pottery - Cock Hill (Find Spot)
- MWS3006 - Related to: Iron Age pottery - Cock hill (Find Spot)
- MWS6397 - Related to: Itford Hill Style Settlement on New Barn Down (Monument)
- MWS2968 - Related to: LBA settlement - Blackpatch Hill (Monument)
- MWS3010 - Related to: Marling pits - Cock Hill (Monument)
- MWS2995 - Related to: Roman pottery - Cock Hill (Find Spot)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- LOOMWEIGHT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
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