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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 86 SW 13 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible barrow or windmill mound, The Cottage, Stockbury |
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Summary
A possible barrow or windmill mound, located at The Cottage, Stockbury. Marked on the 1st-3rd edition Ordnance Survey maps (c.1858-1922) as a Barrow or Tumulus. Not visible on the 4th edition map, there is now a small bungalow built at the site.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8285 6108 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ86SW |
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| Parish: | STOCKBURY, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- WINDMILL MOUND? (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? to 410 AD?)
Full description
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[TQ 82836108] Tumulus [NR]. (1)
Only a very slight mound survives and a small bungalow is built on it. The mound is in a prominent position on a N-S ridge and could be a barrow but is also possibly a windmill mound, as the proved windmill mound, (TQ 95 SE 4), is of similar dimensions and is in a similar position. (2)
OS report [3].
<1> OS 6" 1898 (OS Card Reference). SKE48313.
<2> F1 ASP 22-NOV-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42240.
<3> Field report for monument TQ 86 SW 13 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4626.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1898. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 22-NOV-63. [Mapped feature: #31199 Mound, ] |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 86 SW 13 - November, 1963. |
