Monument record TQ 96 NW 17 - Possible Bronze AgeBowl barrow; Elmely Island

Summary

Possible Bronze Age Bowl Barrow 30m N of Elmley Church, Elmley Island, Isle of Sheppey. A mound was identified in 1963 by an Ordnance Survey fieldworker, described as being a ditchless mound 13m in diameter and 0.6m high, located just below the highest part of Elmley Island and to the west of Kings Hill Farm.The mound is first mapped as an oval mound on the 1908 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. Aerial photographic evidence demonstrates that it was visible in May 1946 with another apparent circular mound to the south-west. There is no trace of the latter on aerial photography of 1951 and the former appears reduced to a cropmark or possible low mound. From 1963 onwards there is no trace of the possible barrow.

Location

Grid reference TQ 9329 6800 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ96NW
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish MINSTER-ON-SEA, SWALE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

<1> F1 CFW 26-AUG-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42769.

<2> Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 17 - August, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4876.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9603.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9604.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1>XY OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 26-AUG-63. [Mapped feature: #35092 Barrow, ]
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 NW 17 - August, 1963.
  • <3> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4192. print.
  • <4> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4194. print.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Oct 18 2021 12:37PM