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Bowl barrow in Ashenbank Wood south of Cobham Park reservoir is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Kent. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork mound with the characteristic bowl-shaped form typical of Bronze Age burial sites, representing a significant example of prehistoric mortuary practice in the region. Its presence in Ashenbank Wood demonstrates the distribution of Bronze Age ceremonial and burial sites across the Kentish landscape. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1011011 and remains an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age settlement and ritual practices in south-eastern England.
Bowl barrow in Ashenbank Wood south of Cobham Park reservoir is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011011. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Ashenbank Wood south of Cobham Park reservoir is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011011.
Bowl barrow in Ashenbank Wood south of Cobham Park reservoir 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 1011011.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British villa and 19th century reservoir in Cobham Park (0.9 km), World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS15), 250m east of Cobhambury Farm (1.1 km), Deserted medieval manorial settlement of Cossington (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow in Ashenbank Wood south of Cobham Park reservoir'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 in Ashenbank Wood south of Cobham Park reservoir stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.