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Bowl barrow, the westernmost of six in West Wood

England
List entry 1017618
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017618
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
TR 13532 43044
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in West Wood near Sevenoaks, Kent. The barrow is the westernmost of a linear group of six similar monuments arranged across the woodland, representing a significant concentration of prehistoric burial activity in the region. As a bowl barrow, it would originally have comprised a circular earthen mound constructed over inhumation burials, though its present condition reflects the effects of ploughing and land management over successive centuries. The monument is listed on the National Heritage List for England as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its archaeological importance for understanding ritual practice and settlement patterns in prehistoric Kent.

Bowl barrow, the westernmost of six in West Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017618. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow, the westernmost of six in West Wood?

Bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in West Wood near Sevenoaks, Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017618.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow, the westernmost of six in West Wood?

Bowl barrow, the westernmost 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 1017618.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow, the westernmost of six in West Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Royal Military Canal, Scanlon's Bridge to Town Bridge (8.6 km), Royal Military Canal, West Hythe Bridge to Scanlon's Bridge (8.8 km), St Mary's Church, West Hythe (8.8 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Royal Military Canal, Scanlon's Bridge to Town Bridge
8.6 km
Royal Military Canal, West Hythe Bridge to Scanlon's Bridge
8.8 km
St Mary's Church, West Hythe
8.8 km
Royal Military Canal, Town Bridge to Twiss Road Bridge
8.8 km
Royal Military Canal, West Hythe Dam to West Hythe Bridge
9 km
Saxon Shore fort now called Stutfall Castle, 468m south-west of St Stephen's Church
9 km
Royal Military Canal, Twiss Road Bridge to Seabrook Lodge Bridge
9.1 km
Royal Military Canal, Honeypot Cottage to West Hythe Dam
9.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow, the westernmost of six in West Wood

Bowl barrow, the westernmost of six in West Wood stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow, the westernmost of six in West Wood

CanterburyRoman town · ~9.2 miles
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