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Monument details

HER Number:TR 25 SE 6
Type of record:Monument
Name:Bowl barrow (site of)

Summary

Bowl barrow (site of).


Grid Reference:TR 2896 5259
Map Sheet:TR25SE
Parish:EASTRY, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Ring ditch and other settlement features

Full description

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(TR 28965259) Tumulus (NR) (site of) (1) Eastry - one of two Bronze Age round barrows to the east of the earthwork at Shingleton (TR 25 SE 4) (2,3) This feature has been reduced to a faint swelling but from its position and general appearance there can be little doubt that it is aploughed out bowl barrow. (4)


<1> OS 6" 1957 (OS Card Reference). SKE48365.

<2> VCH Kent 1 1908 331 (G Clinch) (OS Card Reference). SKE50836.

<3> Arch Cant 74 1960 55 (P Ashbee & G C Dunning) (OS Card Reference). SKE35572.

<4> F1 FGA 11.MAR.65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42912.

<5> Field report for monument TR 25 SE 6 - March, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5757.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1957.
<2>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 331 (G Clinch).
<3>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant 74 1960 55 (P Ashbee & G C Dunning). [Mapped feature: #47862 barrow, ]
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 11.MAR.65.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 25 SE 6 - March, 1965.