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Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in West Wood, Kent, forming part of a linear grouping of six barrows aligned across the woodland. The monument is a simple dome-shaped earthwork typical of Bronze Age mortuary practices, constructed to cover an inhumation burial or cremation deposit, with its physical form substantially preserved despite the passage of millennia. As the southernmost barrow within the West Wood cluster, it represents an important concentration of funerary monuments indicative of Early to Middle Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the Kentish landscape. The site's survival as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric ritual and social organisation.
Bowl barrow, the southernmost of six in West Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012220. View the official record →
Bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in West Wood, Kent, forming part of a linear grouping of six barrows aligned across the woodland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012220.
Bowl barrow, the southernmost 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 1012220.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Royal Military Canal, Scanlon's Bridge to Town Bridge (8.2 km), Royal Military Canal, Town Bridge to Twiss Road Bridge (8.4 km), Royal Military Canal, West Hythe Bridge to Scanlon's Bridge (8.4 km).
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