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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 SE 3 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of a Saxon Barrow, near Bishopsbourne |
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Summary
Site of a probable barrow. It is 17.5m in diameter and 0.5m in height, probably the result of plough damage. Its location on a hill slope well below the crest suggests it may be Saxon rather than Bronze Age in origin.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1924 5320 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15SE |
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| Parish: | BEKESBOURNE-WITH-PATRIXBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARROW (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? to 650 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Probably-Saxon barrow, south of Higham Park |
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Full description
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[TR 19245320] Tumulus [NR]. (1) This probable barrow, 17.5m in diameter and 0.5m in height, is situated on a hill slope well below the crest, suggesting a Saxon rather than a B.A. origin. It is not listed by Ashbee and Dunning. Published 1/2500 Survey correct. (2)
<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.
<2> Arch Cant 74 1960 The Round Barrows of East Kent (P Ashbee and GC Dunning) (OS Card Reference). SKE35584.
<3> F1 FGA 20.01.65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42949.
<4> Field report for monument TR 15 SE 3 - January, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5471.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 74 1960 The Round Barrows of East Kent (P Ashbee and GC Dunning). [Mapped feature: #43928 barrow, ] |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 20.01.65. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 15 SE 3 - January, 1965. |
