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Bowl barrow south of Mount Mead is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Kent, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of their communities. The survival of this earthwork contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices in south-eastern England.
Bowl barrow south of Mount Mead is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012265. View the official record →
Bowl barrow south of Mount Mead is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Kent, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012265.
Bowl barrow south of Mount Mead 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 1012265.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Quintain on the Green (2.8 km), Chapel of St Blaise (3.7 km), Tower keep castle at West Malling (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow south of Mount Mead'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 south of Mount Mead stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.