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A pair of bowl barrows in Clowes Wood is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Kent, England. Bowl barrows represent one of the most common forms of prehistoric burial mound in Britain, typically consisting of a central burial chamber surrounded by a circular earthen mound with a ditch. The two examples at Clowes Wood form part of the scattered distribution of such monuments across the Kentish landscape, reflecting patterns of prehistoric settlement and burial practice in south-eastern England. These barrows are of archaeological significance as evidence of ritual and mortuary behaviour during the later prehistoric period, though their precise dating and original dimensions have been subject to modification and weathering over millennia.
A pair of bowl barrows in Clowes Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009017. View the official record →
A pair of bowl barrows in Clowes Wood is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Kent, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009017.
A pair of bowl barrows in Clowes Wood is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1009017.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bigberry camp (6.4 km), City wall (site) and ditch on Rheims Way (6.5 km), Roman remains on Marlowe car park (6.5 km).
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A pair of bowl barrows in Clowes Wood stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.