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Bowl barrow at Otford Mount is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Otford, Kent. The monument takes the form of a simple bowl-shaped mound characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such earthworks served as communal or individual burial monuments across southern England. The barrow is situated on elevated ground and remains a visible landscape feature, contributing to the archaeological record of prehistoric activity in the Darent valley region. As a scheduled monument, it is protected under English heritage legislation and represents an important example of Bronze Age mortuary practice in Kent.
Bowl barrow at Otford Mount is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007986. View the official record →
Bowl barrow at Otford Mount is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Otford, Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007986.
Bowl barrow at Otford Mount 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 1007986.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Otford Roman villa (0.5 km), Otford Palace (0.8 km), St Thomas a Becket's Well (0.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow at Otford Mount'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 at Otford Mount stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.