Details

The monument includes a bowl barrow situated just below the summit of a chalk
rise which forms part of the Kent Downs. The barrow has a roughly circular
mound 15m in diameter and surviving to a height of c.1.2m, surrounded by a
ditch from which material used to construct the barrow was excavated. This has
become infilled over the years, and survives as a buried feature c.2m wide.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

Source: Historic England

Reasons for Scheduling

Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments
dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most
examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as
earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple
burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often
acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar,
although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form
and a diversity of burial practices. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl
barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring
across most of lowland Britain. Often occupying prominent locations, they are
a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable
variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important
information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early
prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period
and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of
protection.

Despite some disturbance by tree growth, the bowl barrow south east of Rectory
Lane survives well and will contain archaeological remains and environmental
evidence relating to the monument and the landscape in which it was
constructed. To the north east are several further bowl barrows of broadly
contemporary date, a trackway of prehistoric origin and a barrow field dating
to the early medieval period, which are the subjects of separate schedulings.
The close association of these monuments provides evidence for the continuing
importance of this area for burial practices over a period of around 3,000
years.

Source: Historic England

Sources

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Source: Historic England