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Burial mound on Winns Common, Plumstead is a Bronze Age barrow situated on Winns Common in the London borough of Plumstead, south-east London, within the former county of Kent. The monument survives as an earthwork mound and represents a form of funerary monument characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such barrows served as burial places for members of Bronze Age communities. The site is designated as a scheduled monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, reflecting its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age burial practice and settlement patterns in the south-eastern region.
Burial mound on Winns Common, Plumstead is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002005. View the official record →
Burial mound on Winns Common, Plumstead is a Bronze Age barrow situated on Winns Common in the London borough of Plumstead, south-east London, within the former county of Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002005.
Burial mound on Winns Common, Plumstead 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 1002005.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Shrewsbury Barrow, Shooters Hill (2 km), Lesnes Abbey (2.4 km), Linear Training Fortification, Royal Military Repository (3 km).
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Burial mound on Winns Common, Plumstead stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.