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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 24 SE 17 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bowl barrows and a sherd of Bronze Age pottery |
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Summary
Bowl barrows and a sherd of Bronze Age pottery.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2951 4167 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR24SE |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BOWL BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- SHERD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Bowl barrows; sherd of RB pottery, Dover. |
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Full description
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[`A' - TR 29604168, `B' - TR 29614168] Tumuli [NR] [`C' - TR 29424167] Tumulus [NR] (1) On Whinless Down, a narrow winding ridge W of Dover, at a height of about 350ft OD, there are two pairs of conjoined bowl barrows in very mutilated condition. One was excavated in 1939 by Dover College Field Club and a sherd of a Bronze Age storage vessel was found which is now in Canterbury Royal Museum (Acc. No. RM 6737). It is not now known at Dover College which of the barrows was excavated. `A' measures 17.0m E-W by 7.0m transversely and is about 0.6m in height; there is no visible ditch. `B' measures 9.0m E-W by 6.0m transversely and is about 0.6m in height; there is no visible ditch. The N. half of both barrows has been destroyed during the construction of an old boundary bank. `C' is a shapeless mound measuring about 14.0m N-S by 12.0m transversely and 0.3m in height. It is slightly mutilated at the centre and has no visible ditch. `D' at TR 29414167, is also a shapeless mound measuring about 10.0m N-S by 8.0m transversely and 0.3m in height. It has been mutilated by recent trenching and has no visible ditch. `A' and `B' resurveyed at 1/1250; `C' and `D' published 1/2500 revised. (2-5)
Any earlier version of this record included mention of a sherd of Romano-British pottery in the name but no information in the description, perhaps an error for the Bronze Age pottery.
<1> OS 25" 1957 (OS Card Reference). SKE48272.
<2> E. G. J. Amos, 1939, Archaeologia Cantiana Reports: Report from Dover for 1939 (Article in serial). SKE35261.
<3> Ibid 74 (1960) 55 (P Ashbee and GC Dunning) (OS Card Reference). SKE44193.
<4> Canterbury Museum Acc Book (OS Card Reference). SKE38549.
<5> F1 ASP 05.05.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41930.
<6> Field report for monument TR 24 SE 17 - May, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5696.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1957. |
| <2>XY | Article in serial: E. G. J. Amos. 1939. Archaeologia Cantiana Reports: Report from Dover for 1939. 51 pp 211-212. [Mapped feature: #47363 barrow, ] |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Ibid 74 (1960) 55 (P Ashbee and GC Dunning). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Canterbury Museum Acc Book. |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 05.05.64. |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 24 SE 17 - May, 1964. |
