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Bowl barrow 200m south west of Little Watersend

England
List entry 1009008
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009008
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
TR 27396 44773
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 200m south west of Little Watersend is a prehistoric burial mound located in Kent, England. The monument is a bowl barrow, a common form of funerary earthwork dating to the Bronze Age, characterised by a circular mound of earth and stone raised over an inhumed or cremated burial. The barrow represents evidence of Bronze Age ceremonial and burial practices in the region and contributes to understanding the distribution of such monuments across the Kentish landscape. As a designated heritage monument, it retains archaeological significance for the potential preservation of stratified deposits and artefactual material relating to prehistoric burial customs.

Bowl barrow 200m south west of Little Watersend is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009008. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 200m south west of Little Watersend?

Bowl barrow 200m south west of Little Watersend is a prehistoric burial mound located in Kent, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009008.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 200m south west of Little Watersend?

Bowl barrow 200m south west of Little Watersend 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 1009008.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 200m south west of Little Watersend?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fortifications, Roman lighthouse and medieval chapel on Western Heights (5.5 km), The Painted House, N of Market Street (5.5 km), The Bath House, N of Market Street (5.6 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Fortifications, Roman lighthouse and medieval chapel on Western Heights
5.5 km
The Painted House, N of Market Street
5.5 km
The Bath House, N of Market Street
5.6 km
South-western section of the Roman Fort of the Classis Britannica, near Albany Place
5.6 km
St Martin's Church
5.6 km
Saxon shore fort bastion, Queen Street
5.7 km
Fairbairn-type crane, Wellington Dock
5.9 km
Archcliffe Fort
6.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 200m south west of Little Watersend

Bowl barrow 200m south west of Little Watersend stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 200m south west of Little Watersend

CanterburyRoman town · ~11.2 miles
Domesday entry for Ewell, Kent →
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