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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 13 NE 20 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Undated mound, Willow Wood |
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Summary
`U' mound; probably bowl barrow
| Grid Reference: | TR 1502 3612 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR13NE |
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| Parish: | SALTWOOD, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Possible prehistoric barrow. At the junction of two old field boundaries, upon a slight eminence, is a circular mound about 18.0m in diameter and 1.8m in height. There is no visible ditch. |
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Full description
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[TR 15023612] Mound [Shown but not described] (1) At the junction of two old field boundaries, upon a slight eminence, is a circular mound about 18.0m in diameter and 1.8m in height. There is no visible ditch. It has a large fir tree growing upon it, but is otherwise in good condition. It is probably a bowl barrow. Published 25" survey, correct. (2) No change. (3) A single barrow at Saltwood is listed among Bronze Age Round Barrows in East Kent. (4,5)
Additional Info (6-8).
<1> O.S. 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE47834.
<2> F1 ASP 17-MAY-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42153.
<3> F2 ASP 01-DEC-69 (OS Card Reference). SKE43070.
<4> Arch Cant 74 1960 56 (P Ashbee & G C Dunning) (OS Card Reference). SKE35575.
<5> VCH Kent 1 1908 (ed W Page) 331 (G Clinch) (OS Card Reference). SKE50828.
<6> Field report for monument TR 13 NE 20 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5344.
<7> Field report for monument TR 13 NE 20 - December, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5345.
<8> Anthony E. Collins, 1992, Archaeological Potential of the Hythe Haven (Unpublished document). SKE7373.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: O.S. 6" 1961. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 17-MAY-63. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F2 ASP 01-DEC-69. |
| <4>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 74 1960 56 (P Ashbee & G C Dunning). [Mapped feature: #41192 earthwork, ] |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 (ed W Page) 331 (G Clinch). |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 13 NE 20 - May, 1963. |
| <7> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 13 NE 20 - December, 1969. |
| <8> | Unpublished document: Anthony E. Collins. 1992. Archaeological Potential of the Hythe Haven. |
