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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SE 23 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of a former suspected barrow group, New Town, Dartford |
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Summary
A group of barrows, formerly situated on a prominent ridge but now lost to development. The barrows were undated but are suspected to have been of Bronze Age date .
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5533 7347 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SE |
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| Parish: | DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
Full description
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[TQ 5533 7347] Spurrell's site No. 31. (? Teutonic) Tumuli - sited from map. (1) These barrows were situated on the summit of a prominent ridge. The area has been developed and no trace of them remains. (2)
Additional References: Undated but of possible prehistoric/bronze age.(3, 4)
<1> Arch.Cant. vol. 18, 1889, p. 307 map. (F. C. J. Spurrell) (OS Card Reference). SKE37182.
<2> F1 CFW 12-NOV-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42550.
<3> Field report for monument TQ 57 SE 23 - November, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3060.
<4> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1994 Jan, A2/A282 Dartford - Historic Environmental Assessment (Unpublished document). SWX6767.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Arch.Cant. vol. 18, 1889, p. 307 map. (F. C. J. Spurrell). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 12-NOV-59. |
| <3>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 57 SE 23 - November, 1959. [Mapped feature: #65179 site of barrows, ] |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1994 Jan. A2/A282 Dartford - Historic Environmental Assessment. |
