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The Devil's Humps (also known as the Kings' Graves) are four Bronze Age barrows situated on Bow Hill on the South Downs near Stoughton, West Sussex. They are situated on a downland ridgeway crossed by an ancient trackway, above Kingley Vale.〔Dyer 2001, p.171.〕 The Devil's Humps are counted among the most impressive round barrows surviving on the South Downs.〔 The Devil's Humps are within the Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve.〔Natural England, p.2..〕 The two bell barrows together with two pond barrows and a cross dyke are listed as Scheduled Ancient Monument 1008371,〔English Heritage: The National Heritage List for England: List entry Number 1008371.〕 while the two bowl barrows are listed as Scheduled Ancient Monument 1008372.〔English Heritage: The National Heritage List for England: List entry Number 1008372.〕 ==The barrows== The four mounds form a small cemetery group running in a line southwest to northeast.〔Dyer 2001, p.171. Ordnance Survey 2009.〕 The two southwestern mounds are located close together; they are bell barrows with a banked depression separating them.〔 The two northeastern mounds are bowl barrows.〔 The four barrows forming the Devil's Humps are all aligned and stand high in spite of damage caused by early explorations.〔 No records survive from these early excavations, so the precise date for the construction of the barrows is unknown. However, they are believed to date from the Late Neolithic or the Early Bronze Age. It is possible that they were reused in the Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods.〔English Heritage.〕 The barrows are designated from A through to D, in order from the southwest to the northeast.〔English Heritage 2007.〕 Barrow A is a bell barrow. It measures across, and is bordered by a wide berm enclosed by a wide ditch. The ditch is deep, and the barrow stands high.〔 Barrow B is also a bell barrow. It is across, and encircled by a wide berm. The mound stands high. A ditch runs around the berm; it is wide and deep.〔 Barrow C is a ditched bowl barrow standing high. It measures (NS/EW), with the ditch having been filled in on the northwest side by the construction of a boundary bank. The centre of the barrow has been excavated.〔 Barrow D is another ditched bowl barrow. It also stands high and measures across, with damage to the centre from previous excavation. It is partially covered by bramble and scrub.〔 Two further possible barrows have been identified, one between Barrows A and B, and one to the northeast of Barrow B. They are small depressions measuring approximately across and deep. They resemble pond barrows, but are considered to be small in size.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Devil's Humps, Stoughton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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