TR 04 NE 10 - Bowl barrow; four DA barrows (sites of)

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Monument record TR 04 NE 10 - Bowl barrow; four DA barrows (sites of)

Summary

Site of a Bronze Age to Early Saxon barrow group on the Wye Downs and on the summit of Wye Hill. The group includes five barrows and one bowl barrow. Excavations in 1858 identified Anglo-Saxon inhumations with grave goods including spearheads and knives. Field investigations in 1963 identifed several barrows visible as slight earthworks. The earthworks are no longer extant.

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Grid reference	TR 070 468 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR04NE
County	KENT
District	ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish	WYE WITH HINXHILL, ASHFORD, KENT

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<1> VCH Kent vol 1 1908 368 Anglo-Saxon Remains (R A Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE51197.

<2> History of Wye 1842 9-13 (W J Morris) (OS Card Reference). SKE44158.

<3> F1 CFW 20-MAY-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE42672.

<4> OS 25" Oct 1974 (OS Card Reference). SKE48284.

<5> Field report for monument TR 04 NE 10 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5126.

Sources/Archives (5)

<1> SKE51197 OS Card Reference: VCH Kent vol 1 1908 368 Anglo-Saxon Remains (R A Smith).
<2>XY SKE44158 OS Card Reference: History of Wye 1842 9-13 (W J Morris). [Mapped feature: #38721 Barrow, ]
<3> SKE42672 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 20-MAY-1963.
<4> SKE48284 OS Card Reference: OS 25" Oct 1974.
<5> SKE5126 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 04 NE 10 - May, 1963.