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Bowl barrow 300m south-east of The Firs, Broad Downs is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Kent. The monument survives as a rounded earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common form of funerary monument erected during the Bronze Age across southern England. Such structures typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods, though specific details of this particular barrow's internal deposits remain undocumented in readily accessible records. The site's survival on Broad Downs reflects the wider distribution of Bronze Age burial monuments across the Kent Downs landscape.
Bowl barrow 300m south-east of The Firs, Broad Downs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012334. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 300m south-east of The Firs, Broad Downs is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012334.
Bowl barrow 300m south-east of The Firs, Broad Downs 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 1012334.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval moated site, Quarrington Manor (4.5 km), Bowl barrow 90m north of Stowting Court (5.3 km), Horton Priory (6.4 km).
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