Monument record TQ 55 NW 5 - Otford mount, bowl barrow

Summary

Otford Mound, bowl barrow situated on the crest of a ridge facing south-west in an area of undulating chalk downland. Also known as Stumblebury. Scheduled.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 5384 5966 (74m by 74m) FCE
Map sheet TQ55NW
County KENT
Civil Parish OTFORD, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Otford Mount or Stumblebury: A possible round barrow lying in the middle of a possible promontory camp Kent 29 SW 2. Not yet examined. (Long. 0 deg 12' 29", Lat. 51 deg 18' 54") [TQ 53835969] (1) (TQ 53835968) Low mound approx. 15 metres in diameter and 1 metre high. (2) TQ 53845966. A bowl barrow situated on the false crest at the end of a spur extending SW from the main ridge of the North Downs at a height of 600 ft OD. It measures approx 20m in diameter by 0.9m in height and there is no trace of a ditch. Probably spread by ploughing though now on downland, otherwise fair condition. (3) Published 25" survey correct: noted as "stumbelbergh" in a land grantof 1289. (4)

from the National Heritage List for England:
The monument includes a bowl barrow situated on the crest of a ridge facing south-west in an area of undulating chalk downland. The barrow has a mound 20m in diameter and 1m high surrounded by a ditch from which material was quarried during the construction of the monument. Having become partially infilled over the years, the ditch is now only visible as a slight depression to the south-west of the mound; the remainder survives as a buried feature c.3m wide. The barrow was recorded as 'Stumleburgh' in a land grant of 1289.


<1> Arch Cant vol 61 1948 181 (E Greenfield, G W Meates & E Birchenough) (OS Card Reference). SKE36408.

<2> SS 6" (A Williams, Revised 22 1 55) (OS Card Reference). SKE49531.

<3> F1 AC 28.02.61 (OS Card Reference). SKE41842.

<4> Sevenoaks Essays 1931 166 (Gordon Ward) (OS Card Reference). SKE49440.

<5> F2 CFW 10.08.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43215.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 55 NW 5 - February, 1961 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2794.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 55 NW 5 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2795.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant vol 61 1948 181 (E Greenfield, G W Meates & E Birchenough).
  • <2> OS Card Reference: SS 6" (A Williams, Revised 22 1 55).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: F1 AC 28.02.61.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: Sevenoaks Essays 1931 166 (Gordon Ward).
  • <5> OS Card Reference: F2 CFW 10.08.64.
  • <6>XY Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 55 NW 5 - February, 1961. [Mapped feature: #469 barrow, ]
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 55 NW 5 - August, 1964.

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Record last edited

Mar 25 2021 2:04PM