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Bowl barrow and pillbox on Cherry Garden Hill is a scheduled ancient monument comprising two distinct structures from different periods. The bowl barrow represents Bronze Age funerary practice, a characteristic round burial mound of the type widely distributed across southern England during the second millennium BC. The pillbox is a concrete anti-tank or machine-gun emplacement constructed during the Second World War as part of the fixed defences erected against anticipated invasion. The juxtaposition of these two monuments on Cherry Garden Hill in Kent illustrates the long historical use of elevated locations, with the wartime structure ultimately preserving and protecting the prehistoric burial site beneath it.
Bowl barrow and pillbox on Cherry Garden Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011771. View the official record →
Bowl barrow and pillbox on Cherry Garden Hill is a scheduled ancient monument comprising two distinct structures from different periods. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011771.
Bowl barrow and pillbox on Cherry Garden Hill 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 1011771.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sandgate Castle (2.8 km), Martello tower no 7, Sandgate, Folkestone (2.9 km), Martello tower no 9, Sandgate, Folkestone (3.4 km).
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