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Submitted by bec-zog on Monday, 08 June 2026  Page Views: 17523

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Julliberrie's Grave
Country: England County: Kent Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Canterbury  Nearest Village: Chilham
Map Ref: TR0770053200  Landranger Map Number: 179
Latitude: 51.240155N  Longitude: 0.974175E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Brian_Eyes visited on 27th Nov 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Location is very nice - the north end of the barrow looks down from a ridge onto the river below. difficult to find without an OS map - climb footpath from the river and turn right at junction after climbing for about 200 meters. Or take an OS map :)

Twistytwirly visited on 7th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4



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Julliberrie's Grave
Julliberrie's Grave submitted by Brian_Eyes : Juliberries Grave - note the large beech tree on the left (north) end of the barrow. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Neolithic (and Roman) Long Barrow which comprises a 44m long 15m wide, 2.5 m high earthen and turf covered chalk structure. A flint axe head dating to circa 2000BCE was found in the core. A ditch extends along eastern and western side side and southern end. In the upper layer of the ditch 4 Romano British burials were found.

bec-zog wrote: It is the only long barrow in Kent without a stone burial chamber. [I don't think this is correct - see also Shrub's Wood and Jacket's Field long barrows (nearby sites list) - MegP Ed]

A chalk pit has damaged the northern end.

Reference: R Jessup Ant J. 19(1939)260

Note: The White Horse Mummers Present (June 21st 7pm) - A Summer Solstice Special: The Ghosts of Midsummer Arise, A Merry Mayhem In Three Acts Mummers Play at Julliberrie's Grave long barrow. Followed by revelry, music, dance and more at the White Horse pub Chilham. Details on our page
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Julliberrie's Grave submitted by PurpleEmperor : Wide view of Julliberrie's Grave (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Julliberrie's Grave submitted by Brian_Eyes : Panorama from the top of Juliberrie's Grave. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Julliberrie's Grave submitted by Brian_Eyes : View from below Juliberrie's Grave. The big skeletal tree above and to the right of the black car marks the north end of the barrow. This shows how the barrow would have looked out over the bend in the river which is a beautiful place. The feeling that the barrow was chosen at least partly due to this location near the river was very powerful when I was there. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Julliberrie's Grave submitted by PurpleEmperor : First view of Julliberrie's Grave (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Julliberrie's Grave submitted by PurpleEmperor : View along the top of Julliberrie's Grave

Julliberrie's Grave
Julliberrie's Grave submitted by bec-zog : Neolithic (and Roman) TR077532 This comprises a 44m long 15m wide, 2.5 m high earthern and turf covered chalk structure. It is the only long barrow in Kent without a stone burial chamber. A flint axe head dating to circa 2000BC was found in the core. A ditch extends along eastern and western side side and southern end. In the upper layer of the ditch 4 Romano British burials were found. A c...

Julliberrie's Grave
Julliberrie's Grave submitted by bec-zog : Neolithic (and Roman) TR077532 This comprises a 44m long 15m wide, 2.5 m high earthern and turf covered chalk structure. It is the only long barrow in Kent without a stone burial chamber. A flint axe head dating to circa 2000BC was found in the core. A ditch extends along eastern and western side side and southern end. In the upper layer of the ditch 4 Romano British burials were found.

Julliberrie's Grave
Julliberrie's Grave submitted by bec-zog : Julliberries Grave Long Barrow Neolithic TR 077532 (1 comment)

Julliberrie's Grave
Julliberrie's Grave submitted by bec-zog : Julliberries Grave Long Barrow Neolithic. @ TR 077532. Near Chilham. 44m long 14.6m wide 2.1m high. Evidence of a 1.5m deep Ditch on E, W and S sides. The barrow was constructed from turf covered with chalk ( no stone burial chamber). Flint axe head dated 2000 BC found in turf core. A chalk pit has damaged part of the northern end at which time burials may have been destroyed. Romano-britis...

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Re: Julliberrie's Grave by PurpleEmperor on Monday, 08 June 2026
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THE WHITE HORSE MUMMERS PRESENT

A Summer Solstice Special
The Ghosts of Midsummer Arise: A Merry Mayhem In Three Acts
Mummers Play at Julliberrie's Grave

June 21st 7.00 p.m The White Horse pub Chilham (Free)

ACT I - Meet at the White Horse 7.00 p.m. (walk to Julliberries Grave @20 minutes)

ACT II – The Ghosts of Midsummer Arise (a performance at Julliberries Grave)

ACT III – Revelry, Music, Dance and More at the White Horse pub Chilham
Join Us and Join-Inn (fancy dress, instruments, loud singing, welcome)

The walk includes crossing a busy road and a short steep path –
for more details contact [email protected]
A flyer for this event can be found here: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MNjdAWVYySVrPCufyeDtzI88lj2LuKX4?usp=sharing
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Julliberrie's Grave 2025 Events by PurpleEmperor on Sunday, 02 November 2025
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A programme of events to celebrate Julliberrie's Grave has been running since February 2025 at the White Horse pub in Chilham, Kent. Here below are details of the next sessions, with potentially more to follow and the possibility of a future expansion to encompass some other sites in the Stour Valley. For more info email [email protected]

Sunday 2nd November 6.30pm at the White Horse pub, Chilham
“It’s What We Do – Part 1”: Rituals and Practices of the Shorter Sun, An Illustrated talk and Q and A by Jake Weekes and Bryan Hawkins
Who were the people of Jullieberries Grave and The Stour Valley 5,000 years ago?
What links between ourselves and the people of Jullieberries Grave might a study of prehistoric communities and their ritual and social practices reveal?
What can study of Ancient Languages, Folklore, Myth and Ritual tell us about our ancestors and ourselves and connections that have existed between us across thousands of years?

Sunday 9th November 6.30pm at the White Horse pub, Chilham
“It’s What We Do – Part 2”: Rituals and Practices of the Shorter Sun, An Illustrated talk and Q and A by Bryan Hawkins and Jake Weekes

Sunday 16th November 6.30pm at the White Horse pub, Chilham
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Sunday 30th November 6.30pm at the White Horse pub, Chilham
‘The Outer Dark and The White Horse‘ led by Bryan Hawkins, Jake Weekes et al.
Mummery and Magic at The White Horse: An Illustrated Talk, Readings and Discussion and An Entertaining Introduction to: ‘The White Horse and The Outer Dark’ Mummers Play
(Rehearsals and Creativity will follow at 7.00pm on Mondays – 1st, 8th and 15th of December)
ALL AND EVERYONE VERY EXTREMELY and VERY MERRILY WELCOME

Friday 5th December 6.30pm at the White Horse pub, Chilham
A Winter Full Moon Walk to Julliberrie’s Grave led by Dr. John Grigsby, Bryan Hawkins and Jake Weekes
Depart from and return to the White Horse pub, Chilham. Warm clothes suggested [an alternative event will occur at the pub if shelter is needed].

Sunday 28th December at the White Horse pub, Chilham
A MARVELLOUS CELEBRATORY TURNING OF THE YEAR
7.30pm THE WHITE HORSE MUMMERS perform ‘THE WHITE HORSE AND THE OUTER DARK’
ALL WELCOME – Come INN and JOIN INN with the mystery, fun, mayhem, mummery and guising!!!!

ashfordarchhist.org/blog/2025/11/01/the-julliberries-grave-celebrations-2025/
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    Re: Julliberrie's Grave by Andy B on Sunday, 02 November 2025
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    Thanks, I wish I'd known about this sooner - anyway now put on our front page - thanks!
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Re: Julliberrie's Grave by Anonymous on Friday, 03 February 2023
Is the origin/history of the name known? Thank you.
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Re: Julliberrie's Grave by coldrum on Monday, 07 November 2011
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From Exploring Kent's Past:

"From the National Heritage List for England:

"The Long Barrow is situated on a false crest of the North Downs overlooking the Great Stour, 1km east of the village of Chilham. It is oriented SSE-NNW with its broader end towards the NNW. The original terminal of the monument at this end has been quarried away but it is estimated that some three- quarters of the original length remains. The most distinctive feature of the monument is the elongated earthen mound, measuring today some 45m in length and 8-10m in width. It stands to a height of ca.1.8m above the level of the surrounding land at the more northerly end, diminishing to less then 1m at the opposite end. In addition to the mound, however, there are two flanking ditches, similar in length to the mound itself, which are now completely infilled and undetectable but which were traced by excavation in the 1930s. It was these flanking ditches from which the earth and chalk used to construct the mound was quarried. A berm of 1.5m separated the mound from the flanking ditches. The excavations carried out in 1936 established that the surviving barrow mound formerly extended further northwards, perhaps forming a mound 60m in overall length. Quarry ditches were located at the lip of the quarry on both sides of the mound and cuttings were made across the ditches in four other places. The main burial chamber, it was concluded, had probably been lost to the quarrying, but evidence in the form of artefacts and other sources such as pollen is considered to survive within the remaining mound. The surface of the footpath running across the monument at the quarry edge is excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath it is included.

Long barrows were constructed as earthen or drystone mounds with flanking ditches and acted as funerary monuments during the Early and Middle Neolithic periods (3400-2400 BC). They represent the burial places of Britain's early farming communities and, as such, are amongst the oldest field monuments surviving visibly in the present landscape. Where investigated, long barrows appear to have been used for communal burial, often with only parts of the human remains having been selected for interment. Certain sites provide evidence for several phases of funerary monument preceding the barrow and, consequently, it is probable that long barrows acted as important ritual sites for local communities over a considerable period of time. Some 500 long barrows are recorded in England. As one of the few types of Neolithic structure to survive as earthworks, and due to their comparative rarity, their considerable age and their longevity as a monument type, all long barrows are considered to be nationally important.

This example, although damaged by quarrying at the more northerly end, survives as an impressive earthwork mound and retains high archaeological potential. It also forms part of a small group of such monument associated with the Stour valley."

http://extranet7.kent.gov.uk/ExploringKentsPast/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MKE4034

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Re: Julliberrie's Grave by PurpleEmperor on Tuesday, 30 December 2008
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Condition:3
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Re: Julliberrie's Grave by coldrum on Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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The following information from Pastscape site:

"Earthwork remains of a Neolithic long barrow. The earliest recorded excavation was by Heneage Finch in 1702. He found a few bones, but was unable to identify any as human. The site was visited and sketched by William Stukeley during the 1720s, and a pot containing a Roman coin hoard, possibly late 4th century in date, was found while digging for a fence in the early 19th century. However, although attracting much subsequent comment, it was not excavated again until 1936-7, when R Jessup demonstrated that the monument was definitely a Neolithic long barrow. Finds included a broken polished flint axe from the mound. Animal bones and flint flakes, a scraper and cores were also recovered from the barrow. Iron Age and Roman pottery came from the upper levels of the ditch, while some possible Neolithic sherds came from lower down in the ditch fill. Romano-British activity was represented by animal remains, coins, pottery and six burials,...

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Re: Julliberrie's Grave by coldrum on Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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http://www.highweald.org/uploads/CHWSE%20-%203.%20%20Kent%20Downs%20chapter.pdf
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Re: Julliberrie's Grave by coldrum on Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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http://morganbd.blogspot.com/2008/05/couplea-weeks-ago-i-was-re-visiting.html
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Re: Julliberrie's Grave by coldrum on Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/explore-kent/walking/lost-landscapes-chilham.htm?_Page=2
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Re: Julliberrie's Grave by coldrum on Saturday, 16 June 2007
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julliberrie's_Grave
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