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<< Our Photo Pages >> Barrow Hill (Kent) - Round Barrow(s) in England in Kent

Submitted by coldrum on Monday, 10 August 2009  Page Views: 6591

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Barrow Hill (Kent)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.65 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Kent Type: Round Barrow(s)
 Nearest Village: Higham
Map Ref: TQ711746
Latitude: 51.444545N  Longitude: 0.460684E
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
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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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
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Barrow Hill (Kent)
Barrow Hill (Kent) submitted by duncr : View form footpath after crossing railway line walking from Church Street (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow(s) in Kent

Possible Bronze age barrow. This could be the mound that was dug into in 1880. A cist was found with a burial and grave goods. This was thought to be of bronze age date.

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Barrow Hill (Kent)
Barrow Hill (Kent) submitted by duncr : Old man on top of barrow (Vote or comment on this photo)

Barrow Hill (Kent)
Barrow Hill (Kent) submitted by duncr : Barrow to right of cranes whcih are on other side of the Thames at Dp World London Gateway Port in Essex (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TQ7174 : Pylons near Barrow Hill, Higham Marshes by Chris Whippet
by Chris Whippet
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TQ7074 : Higham Common by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
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TQ7074 : Scene on Higham Marshes by Marathon
by Marathon
©2012(licence)
TQ7174 : Higham Common by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
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TQ7074 : Drainage dyke on Higham Marshes by Marathon
by Marathon
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Re: Barrow Hill (Kent) by Andy B on Thursday, 27 September 2012
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markwillingale writes:

I would be grateful if someone could provide more information on this marshland barrow, which may have been excavated in 1880 and is hence listed as bronze age? This shallow mound on Higham Marshes is close to the ancient causeway leading from the Norman Church to the riverbank, where today there are the eroded remains of a ferry hardstanding and harbour, this presumably being the south landing of the ancient East Tilbury- Higham Ferry.

The proximity of this "barrow" and the ferry seems more than co-incidental, especially as the mound is on the line of the route across the Thames from East Tibury to the southbank harbour. One reference suggests it was here that the Romans chased the Britons over the Thames. The nearby St. Mary's Priory was required to maintain the ferry but with the dissolution of the monasteries presumably it fell into disuse and ferry traffic moved upstream to Tilbury-Gravesend.

So the mound could be an ancient monument to the Bronze-Age people who first built the causeway and ferry, or a Romano-British tumulus related to the ferry crossing, or simply the raised location for a bonfire to help navigation across the Thames when dark or misty?

A new excavation seems overdue? Could confirm the degree to which this feature is natural or constructed, from where the materials were brought for construction (presumably Beckley Hill nearby) and the date of construction from examination of the original marsh levels, pollen etc? Would only need to disturb a small area of the perimeter? Similarly the ferry landing needs investigation as the Thames, flowing much faster within the modern embankments, is rapidly cutting away the remaining traces.

I have an alternative email arch@willingale.com as well as my ID given above.
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Re: Barrow Hill (Kent) by coldrum on Sunday, 06 November 2011
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From Exploring Kent's Past:

"A natural irregular-shaped, turf covered mound, approximately 3.0m in height with a central mutilation, and other slight hollows in the sides. Outside the main mound and separated from it by a barn is a slight ditch with traces of an outer bank. This has been destroyed on the eastern side by the present deep drainage ditches. The ditch may have been dug for drainage purposes. Similar shallow ditches exist elsewhere on these marshes. However, as this mound is the only feature of its kind on Higham Marshes, it would have been the obvious choice of site for a burial. It is recognised locally as a sacred place.

A crouched burial with Porosphaera beads may have been found here."

http://extranet7.kent.gov.uk/ExploringKentsPast/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MKE2665
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