TR 23 NW 1 - Bowl Barrow, Cherry Garden Hill, Folkestone

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Monument record TR 23 NW 1 - Bowl Barrow, Cherry Garden Hill, Folkestone

Summary

Cherry Gardens Hill Tumulus, on the property of the Folkestone Waterworks Company. A primary crouched interment was found in the centre of the tumulus. A small piece of rough ironstone was found at the feet, c. eighteen inches above the skeleton was a thin slab of Folkestone stone, broken, but probably shaped on three sides. A secondary burial aligned north-west to south-east was found on the edge of the tumulus (see also TR 23 NW 25). The barrow was slightly damaged by the construction of a pillbox on its summit in 1940 (TR 23 NW**). The barrow is now c. 1.3m high and is still crowned by the pillbox; its perimeter has been enlarged by spoil from the 1940 digging.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TR 2083 3801 (34m by 34m) FCE
Map sheet	TR23NW
Civil Parish	FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT
County	KENT
District	FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT

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<1> OS 6" 1962 (OS Card Reference). SKE48371.

<3> Stebbing, W. P. D., 1944, Cherry Garden Hill Tumulus, Folkestone, Arch Cant 56 1943 28-33 (W P D Stebbing & J E Cave) (Article in serial). SKE8035.

<4> Folkestone Mus Corr & Notes (OS Card Reference). SKE43430.

<5> AM Eng & Wales 1961 58 (OS Card Reference). SKE33008.

<6> Wardale, C., 1964, Field report for monument TR 23 NW 1 - April, 1964 (Unpublished document). SKE5586.

<7> 1943, "WATERWORKS HILL TUMULUS" (Collection). SKE6497.

<8> RPS Clouston, 1994, Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main (Unpublished document). SKE6910.

Sources/Archives (7)

<1> SKE48371 OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1962.
<3>XY SKE8035 Article in serial: Stebbing, W. P. D.. 1944. Cherry Garden Hill Tumulus, Folkestone. LVI pages 28 - 33. Arch Cant 56 1943 28-33 (W P D Stebbing & J E Cave). [Mapped feature: #782 barrow, ]
<4> SKE43430 OS Card Reference: Folkestone Mus Corr & Notes.
<5> SKE33008 OS Card Reference: AM Eng & Wales 1961 58.
<6> SKE5586 Unpublished document: Wardale, C.. 1964. Field report for monument TR 23 NW 1 - April, 1964.
<7> SKE6497 Collection: 1943. "WATERWORKS HILL TUMULUS".
<8> SKE6910 Unpublished document: RPS Clouston. 1994. Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main.