Scheduled Monument: LONG BARROW SE OF JACKETS FIELD (1013071)

Authority Kent County Council
Date assigned 18 July 1973
Date last amended 22 August 1990

Description

The Long Barrow is situated on level ground at the top of the North Downs scarp overlooking the valley of the Great Stour. It is oriented SE-NW, with the SE end broader and surviving to a greater height. The most distinctive feature of the monument is the elongated earthen mound, measuring some 70m in length and 10-12m in width. It stands to a height of 2m above the surrounding area at the SE end, and 1m at the NW end. Less obvious but nevertheless discernible are two long but shallow depressions alongside the mound which are now no more then 20-30cm deep but which are the filled-in remains of two deep flanking ditches, the same length as the mound itself, from which earth and chalk was quarried to make the mound. No excavations appear to have taken place at this monument, but its form is distinctively that of a Neolithic burial mound. Similar examples which have been excavated have shown that a burial chamber containing the remains of a number of individuals can be expected at the eastern end of the monument. The surface of the adjacent footpath/track, where it lies within the constraint area, is excluded from the scheduling although the ground below remains included.

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Grid reference Centred TR 0330 4961 (91m by 71m)
Map sheet TR04NW
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish BOUGHTON ALUPH, ASHFORD, KENT

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Oct 13 2011 1:30PM