Monument record TQ 55 NW 5 - Otford mount, bowl barrow
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TQ 5384 5966 (74m by 74m) FCE |
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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> SKE36408 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant vol 61 1948 181 (E Greenfield, G W Meates & E Birchenough).
- <2> SKE49531 OS Card Reference: SS 6" (A Williams, Revised 22 1 55).
- <3> SKE41842 OS Card Reference: F1 AC 28.02.61.
- <4> SKE49440 OS Card Reference: Sevenoaks Essays 1931 166 (Gordon Ward).
- <5> SKE43215 OS Card Reference: F2 CFW 10.08.64.
- <6>XY SKE2794 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 55 NW 5 - February, 1961. [Mapped feature: #469 barrow, ]
- <7> SKE2795 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 55 NW 5 - August, 1964.
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Record last edited
Mar 25 2021 2:04PM