Monument record TR 05 SW 8 - Bowl barrow, Kings Wood, Godmersham

Summary

A mound in Kings Wood, Challock forest, has been identified as a probable bowl barrow and has been protected as a scheduled ancient monument. It survives some 16m in diameter and 1.3m in height, and it remains in good condition. Its position and general appearance are the basis for its identification as a bowl barrow, but no finds are known from the site. There is no record of this mound on any of the Ordnance survey historic maps, but this is may possibly be due to a lack of recording within the woodland area at this time.

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Grid reference Centred TR 0400 5060 (24m by 24m) FCE
Map sheet TR05SW
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish GODMERSHAM, ASHFORD, KENT

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A mound, some 16.0m in diameter and 1.3m in height, lies on the summit of a ridge of the Challock Forest at TR 04005060. Although planted with young conifer it is in good condition. It position and general appearance suggests a bowl barrow. Surveyed at 1:2500. (1-3)

From the National Heritage List for England:
The monument includes a bowl barrow situated on a clay-capped, chalk hill forming part of the Kent Downs. The barrow has a roughly circular mound 16m in diameter and 1m high surrounded by a ditch from which material used to construct the barrow was excavated. The ditch has become infilled over the years but survives as a buried feature c.2m wide.(4)


<1> F1 FGA 23-MAR-1965 (OS Card Reference). SKE42969.

<2> Mr Bradshaw, 9 Forest Cottages, Challock. (OS Card Reference). SKE47367.

<3> Field report for monument TR 05 SW 8 - March, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5238.

<4> English Heritage, Register of Scheduled Monuments (Scheduling record). SKE16191.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 23-MAR-1965.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Mr Bradshaw, 9 Forest Cottages, Challock..
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 05 SW 8 - March, 1965.
  • <4>XY Scheduling record: English Heritage. Register of Scheduled Monuments. [Mapped feature: #513 Barrow, ]

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Record last edited

Nov 17 2021 2:42PM