Details

The monument includes a bowl barrow which comprises an earthen mound
encircled by a now-infilled quarry ditch. The mound is small compared with
several examples in the locality, measuring some 16m in diameter and standing
to 0.4m above the level of the surrounding land. The surrounding ditch has
been completely obscured by soil eroded from the mound. The mound and ditch
together have a diameter of 20m.

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.

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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. Their ubiquity and their tendency to occupy
prominent locations makes them 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.

Although this monument has suffered erosion to a greater degree than most in
the locality, its archaeological potential remains significant because both
the original ground surface, with its evidence of the pre-barrow land-use and
environment, and any burials inserted below the ground level will survive.
The easternmost barrow in Eggringe Wood is one of a group of six similar
examples in the immediate locality. Such a concentration is unusual in Kent
and together the barrows demonstrate the importance of the area for burial in
the Bronze Age.

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Sources

Other
Darvill, T., MPP Single Monument Class Description - Bowl Barrows, (1988)
Kent - bowl barrow in Eggringe Wood, TR05 SW,

Source: Historic England