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Rubury Butts bowl barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Kent, England. The site comprises a group of bowl barrows, the most common form of burial mound constructed during the Bronze Age, typically consisting of a central burial chamber surrounded by an earthen mound. Such monuments are important archaeological remains that provide evidence of burial practices and social organisation during the Bronze Age period. The site's survival represents a significant archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric funerary traditions in south-eastern England.
Rubury Butts bowl barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1427315. View the official record →
Rubury Butts bowl barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Kent, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1427315.
Rubury Butts bowl barrows 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 1427315.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ringwork and bailey at Coldred Court (3.4 km), Bowl barrow 350m south west of Upper Digges Farm (3.6 km), Bowl barrow south east of Rectory Lane (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rubury Butts bowl barrows'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.
Rubury Butts bowl barrows stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.