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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 23 NE 2
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Bowl barrow; Middle Bronze Age secondary cremation

Summary

A large bowl barrow is located on the edge of cliffs beside the Dover road at Capel le Ferne, and is still extant on aerial photographs taken in 2007. The barrow measures 22 metres in diameter, 2.3 metres high. A secondary cremation in an inverted urn was found near the top of the mound in 1952 and a further cremation exposed by weathering in the south part of the mound in 1967. This site has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey NMP

Grid Reference:	TR 2612 3861
Map Sheet:	TR23NE
Parish:	CAPEL-LE-FERNE, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

CREMATION (CREMATION, Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
ROUND BARROW (ROUND BARROW, Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

BICONICAL URN (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)

Protected Status:	Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Prehistoric bowl barrow with a bronze age cremation

Full description

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On the S side of the Dover road at Capel-le-Ferne, on the edge of the cliffs at TR 26113860, there is a large bowl barrow measuring some 22.0m in diameter and 2.3m in height. It has been mutilated on the N side by a pond and a large excavation trench has been cut through the centre from NE-SW. There is no trace of a ditch. In 1952 a secondary cremation in an inverted Middle Bronze Age biconical urn with lugs (Abercromby Type 3, Group 2) was found near the top of the mound. The urn is in Deal Castle Museum (not Canterbury Museum as stated by Dunning and Ashbee). Published 25" survey correct. (1) A cremation deposit at the east end of the southern part of the barrow was exposed by weathering in 1967. (2) A large bowl barrow is located on the edge of cliffs beside the Dover road at Capel le Ferne, and is still extant on aerial photographs taken in 2007. The site is centred on TR 26129 38611. This site has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey NMP

Southern Water Services, 1993, Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKE6815.

Southern Water Services, 1993, Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKe6815.

<1> F1 CFW 29-APR-1964 (OS Card Reference). SKE42808.

<2> Archaeol Cant 74 1960 52 55 (G C Dunning and P Ashbee) (OS Card Reference). SKE37238.

<3> J Bradshaw, Ashford Archaeol Soc 14-AUG-1967 (OS Card Reference). SKE44801.

<4> Field report for monument TR 23 NE 2 - April, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5583.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
---	Unpublished document: Southern Water Services. 1993. Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement.
<1>	OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 29-APR-1964.
<2>XY	OS Card Reference: Archaeol Cant 74 1960 52 55 (G C Dunning and P Ashbee). [Mapped feature: #44526 Barrow, ]
<3>	OS Card Reference: J Bradshaw, Ashford Archaeol Soc 14-AUG-1967.
<4>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 23 NE 2 - April, 1964.