Bowl barrow, the southernmost of six in West Wood

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History & significance

Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in West Wood, Kent, forming part of a linear group of six barrows aligned within the woodland. The monument consists of a circular earthwork with a raised central mound, characteristic of the bowl barrow type which served as communal or individual burial structures during the Bronze Age period, roughly 2200 to 700 BCE. As the southernmost example in this group, it represents an important survival of funerary monuments from this era and contributes to understanding Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in south-eastern England. The barrow's preservation within West Wood demonstrates the significance of woodland in protecting these archaeological features from medieval and post-medieval agricultural disturbance.

Bowl barrow, the southernmost of six in West Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012220. View the official record →

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