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Bowl barrow 530m north of Langdon Abbey is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Kent, England. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice, when such monuments were commonly constructed to mark high-status burials across the British landscape. Its proximity to Langdon Abbey, a medieval priory founded in the twelfth century, places it within a landscape of significant archaeological layering where prehistoric and later medieval religious sites coexist. The barrow's survival as an upstanding earthwork contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age activity in eastern Kent.
Bowl barrow 530m north of Langdon Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009019. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 530m north of Langdon Abbey is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Kent, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009019.
Bowl barrow 530m north of Langdon Abbey 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 1009019.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Maison Dieu (5.8 km), St James' Church (5.9 km), St Martin's Priory (remains of) (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 530m north of Langdon Abbey's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow 530m north of Langdon Abbey stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.