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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 24 NW 32 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early-medieval barrow at Barham |
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Summary
Early-medieval barrow at Barham, recorded in a list of Bronze Age round barrows in east Kent. Reportedly opened in the reign of Henry VIII (in Sir Thomas Browne's 'Works' (ed. Bohm, 1884) Volume III).
| Grid Reference: | TR 20 49 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR24NW |
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| Parish: | BARHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARROW (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
- CREMATION (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- URN (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Full description
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A barrow at Barham [TR 2049] was opened by Thomas Diggs and Sir Christopher Hales in 'the days of Henry VIII' [1509-47], and a large urn found. Although assumed by Ashbee and Dunning (1) to be Bronze Age, Meaney (2) says that if the record of associated iron objects is correct this would be an Anglo Saxon cremation burial. (1-2)
<1> Arch Cant 74 1960 55 (P Ashbee and GC Dunning) (OS Card Reference). SKE35574.
<2> Gaz of Early Ang-Sax Burial Sites 1964 108 (ALS Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43518.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 74 1960 55 (P Ashbee and GC Dunning). |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early Ang-Sax Burial Sites 1964 108 (ALS Meaney). [Mapped feature: #46635 Barrow, ] |
