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Eggringe Wood Bowl Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound and the northernmost of six barrows within Eggringe Wood in Kent. The monument is a scheduled ancient monument protected by Historic England, occupying approximately 0.2 hectares at grid reference TR 09973 50917. Bowl barrows of this type typically date to the second millennium BC and served as communal or high-status burial sites, with the distinctive mounded earthwork constructed to commemorate the dead.
The barrow sits on chalk bedrock of the White Chalk Subgroup, formed during the Maastrichtian period. This geological foundation is typical of the Kent downland landscape and would have been a familiar environment to Bronze Age communities. The chalk substratum influenced both the construction and survival of the monument, as chalk-based soils provide stable ground conditions that have enabled the barrow to endure for over three thousand years.
The grouping of six barrows within Eggringe Wood indicates an important Bronze Age funerary landscape. Such clusters of burial mounds often reflect sustained use of a location across generations, suggesting the wood held significant ritual or territorial importance for local prehistoric communities. The preservation of this northern example, along with its five companions, contributes to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in the Kentish region.
Bowl barrow, the northernmost of six in Eggringe Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012351. View the official record →
Eggringe Wood Bowl Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound and the northernmost of six barrows within Eggringe Wood in Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012351.
Bowl barrow, the northernmost of six in Eggringe 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 1012351.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow, the northernmost of six in West Wood (8.3 km), Bowl barrow, the north-easternmost of six in West Wood (8.6 km), Bowl barrow, the westernmost of six in West Wood (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow, the northernmost of six in Eggringe Wood'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, the northernmost of six in Eggringe Wood stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.