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Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in West Wood, Kent, forming part of a significant barrow cemetery. As the north-easternmost of six barrows within this group, it represents the typical burial practice of the Bronze Age period, when prominent individuals and their communities were commemorated through the construction of earthen mounds. The monument exhibits the characteristic form of a bowl barrow, a type defined by a simple rounded mound without the more elaborate ditches or rings found in other barrow variants. Its survival as part of the West Wood group contributes to the archaeological record of ritual and burial customs in Bronze Age Kent.
Bowl barrow, the north-easternmost of six in West Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012221. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in West Wood, Kent, forming part of a significant barrow cemetery. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012221.
Bowl barrow, the north-easternmost of six in West Wood 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 1012221.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Royal Military Canal, Scanlon's Bridge to Town Bridge (8.8 km), Royal Military Canal, Town Bridge to Twiss Road Bridge (8.9 km), Royal Military Canal, West Hythe Bridge to Scanlon's Bridge (9 km).
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