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Bowl barrow on Arpinge Range is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located near Folkestone in Kent. The monument consists of a rounded earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type across southern England during the prehistoric period. The barrow remains substantially visible in the landscape despite its considerable age, preserving evidence of ritual burial practices from the second or third millennium before Christ. Its survival as an archaeological feature contributes to understanding prehistoric settlement and mortuary customs in the Kent Downs region.
Bowl barrow on Arpinge Range is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009009. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Arpinge Range is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located near Folkestone in Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009009.
Bowl barrow on Arpinge Range 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 1009009.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Royal Military Canal, Seabrook Lodge Bridge to Seabrook Sluice (3.7 km), Royal Military Canal, Twiss Road Bridge to Seabrook Lodge Bridge (3.9 km), Royal Military Canal, Town Bridge to Twiss Road Bridge (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Arpinge Range'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 on Arpinge Range stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.