From the National Heritage List for England: Details Monument includes a bowl barrow situated on a chalk rise in the south eastern foothills of the Kent Downs. The barrow has a circular mound 23m in diameter and surviving to a height of c.0.75m, surrounded by a ditch from which material used to construct the barrow was excavated. The ditch has become infilled over the years, but is visible on aerial photographs as a dark ring, indicating that it survives as a buried feature c.4.5m wide. The barrow is believed to have been partially excavated by antiquarians during the 19th century. 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. Despite some disturbance by ploughing and partial excavation, the bowl barrow 530m north of Langdon Abbey survives comparatively well and will contain archaeological remains and environmental evidence relating to the monument and the landscape in which it was constructed. Situated close to the barrow is a possible Springfield style enclosure and a group of associated prehistoric linear ditches. These monuments are broadly contemporary and their close association will provide evidence for the relationship between settlement, ceremonial and burial practices during the period of their construction and use.