Monument record TR 25 SW 320 - Cropmarks of a five probable barrows, east of Coldharbour Farm

Summary

Cropmarks of five probable barrows, probably a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, east of Coldharbour Farm, visible in the 2007 Google Earth image.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 2049 5296 (59m by 274m) (5 map features)
Map sheet TR25SW
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish ADISHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Cropmarks of five probable barrows, probably a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, east of Coldharbour Farm, visible in the 2007 Google Earth image.
TR 20470 53100 : barrow 28m in diameter with outer ditch 42m in diameter.
TR 20532 52004: indistinct, but covers an area 53m in diameter.
TR 20517 52930: indistinct, ring ditch measuring 26m in diameter, with a possible outer ditch
TR 20482 52862: indistinct ring ditch measuring c.12m in diameter, with a possible outer ditch
TR 20469 52826: ring ditch measuring 12m, with a possible outer ditch measuring 23m in diameter

Various other solid circular and sub-circular features, possibly pits, in the vicinity.

The three ring ditches to the west may be Saxon barrows reusing the existing Bronze Age barrow cemetery.

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Record last edited

Oct 11 2012 11:54AM