Scheduled Monument: TWO BOWL BARROWS 400M NORTH OF MILGATE FARM IN REINDEN WOOD (1012278)

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Date assigned 19 May 1975
Date last amended 07 February 1991

Description

From the National heritage List for England: Details The monument includes a pair of circular barrows, each of which comprises an earthen mound and an encircling ditch. The mound of the north-eastern example measures 33m in diameter and survives to a height of just under 2m at its summit. On the north side the mound has been truncated slightly by a metalled road which overlies the ditch on this side. On the east side where it is most easily visible, the ditch measures some 7m from inner to outer edge. The second of the pair, the centre of which lies just 35m south-west of the other, is the smaller of the two. Its mound measures 30m across and stands to 1.8m. The surrounding ditch has been completely infilled by erosion from the mound so that it is not visible as an earthwork. The fence on the northern side of the monument, together with the metalling of the road, is excluded from the scheduling. Reasons for Designation Bowl barrows, the most numerous form of round barrow, are funerary monuments dating from the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age, with most examples belonging to the period 2400-1500 BC. They were constructed as earthen or rubble mounds, sometimes ditched, which covered single or multiple burials. They occur either in isolation or grouped as cemeteries and often acted as a focus for burials in later periods. Often superficially similar, although differing widely in size, they exhibit regional variations in form and a diversity of burial practices. There are over 10,000 surviving bowl barrows recorded nationally (many more have already been destroyed), occurring across most of lowland Britain. Often occupying prominent locations, they are a major historic element in the modern landscape and their considerable variation of form and longevity as a monument type provide important information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisations amongst early prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of their period and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered worthy of protection. The Reinden Wood barrows are large and well preserved examples which show no signs of having been dug into and which therefore have a particularly high archaeological potential.

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Grid reference Centred TR 2131 4099 (83m by 69m)
Map sheet TR24SW
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish HAWKINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT
Civil Parish SWINGFIELD, SHEPWAY, KENT

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