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Monument details

Summary

A central inhumation burial surrounded by two concentric ring ditches was found during excavations by the Maidstone Area Archaeological Group. A futher inhumation was found cut into the outer ditch. Finds made during the course of the excavations were indicative of late Neolithic or an early Bronze Age date. It is important to note that no evidence of a central mound was found.

Monument Types

• HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
• ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)

Associated Finds

• LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
• SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)

Full description

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(TQ 69686480) Double concentric ditched Bronze Age barrow. (1) Additional bibliography. (2,3)

A central inhumation burial surrounded by two concentric ring ditches was found during excavations by the Maidstone Area Archaeological Group. A futher inhumation was found cut into the outer ditch. Finds made during the course of the excavations were indicative of late Neolithic or an early Bronze Age date. It is important to note that no evidence of a central mound was found.(1-2)

<1> Arch Cant 102 1985 129-133 (RJ Cruse) (OS Card Reference). SKE34605.

<2> CBA Arch in Brit 1985 79 (OS Card Reference). SKE38752.

<3> Lawson-Price Environmental, 1996, Specification for Archaeological & Historical Landscape Baseline Studies: Holborough (Unpublished document). SKE7127.

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