This is a Roman barrow situated southwest of Middle Park in Kent, in the area between Canterbury and the Wantsum Channel. Roman barrows of this type are typically funerary monuments of the late 1st to 2nd century AD, raised over the cremated remains of a wealthy individual, likely a member of the local Romano-British landowning elite in the Cantiaci civitas.
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Roman barrows in east Kent represent a distinctive regional burial tradition blending native Iron Age practice with Roman funerary customs, and they often mark the burial places of prosperous rural families connected to nearby villa estates. Kent has one of the densest concentrations of such barrows in Britain, with notable examples at the Six Hills, Riseborough, and around Sittingbourne.
Little appears to be published specifically about this barrow beyond its identification as an upstanding earthwork; it has not been subject to modern excavation as far as I am aware. By analogy with excavated Kentish examples (e.g. Holborough, Sittingbourne), it would likely cover a central cremation deposit accompanied by pottery, glass vessels, and possibly personal items, sometimes within a timber chamber or chest.
This is a Roman barrow situated southwest of Middle Park in Kent, in the area between Canterbury and the Wantsum Channel. It is recorded in the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places as a site site from the Roman period in Britain.
Roman barrow, 438m south-west of Middle Park is classified as a Roman site — a civilian site in the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer. Roman Britain's archaeology encompasses thousands of sites ranging from legionary fortresses and marching camps to villas, temples and towns.
Several Roman sites lie within a short distance, including Romano-British building S of Burch's Rough (7.9 km), Portus Lemanis (8.3 km), Aldington Knoll Roman barrow and later beacon (9.5 km). Aubrey Research maps over 2,200 Roman sites across Britain, drawn from the Pleiades ancient world gazetteer.
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