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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Jackets Field Long Barrow Alternative Name: Boughton AluphCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.088 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Kent Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Boughton Aluph
Map Ref: TR03304961
Latitude: 51.209500N Longitude: 0.909193E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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More information at Pastscape. From Exploring Kent's Past: "TR 03314960 Long, low mound in Forestry Commission land Wye Forest, on the top of the Downs. Long mound of earth with a mixture of flints on southern spur of Soakham Downs, on chalk capped by clay with flints at about 550ft OD. Orientated approximately ESE-WNW, it measures 75m in length: 11m in width and 1.7m in height at the E end; 9m in width and 1.0m in height at the W end. No evidence of ditches to be seen. Trench ( excavation dug transversely across mound 18m from W end. Flank of mound higher and steeper on S side, lower on N side. Under re-afforestation. Orientation and appearance suggest a long barrow, but apparent absence of ditches, and difference in lateral heights of mound unusual, and preclude positive classification. From the National Heritage List for England: The Long Barrow is situated on level ground at the top of the North Downs scarp overlooking the valley of the Great Stour. It is oriented SE-NW, with the SE end broader and surviving to a greater height. The most distinctive feature of the monument is the elongated earthen mound, measuring some 70m in length and 10-12m in width. It stands to a height of 2m above the surrounding area at the SE end, and 1m at the NW end. Less obvious but nevertheless discernible are two long but shallow depressions alongside the mound which are now no more then 20-30cm deep but which are the filled-in remains of two deep flanking ditches, the same length as the mound itself, from which earth and chalk was quarried to make the mound. No excavations appear to have taken place at this monument, but its form is distinctively that of a Neolithic burial mound. Similar examples which have been excavated have shown that a burial chamber containing the remains of a number of individuals can be expected at the eastern end of the monument. The surface of the adjacent footpath/track, where it lies within the constraint area, is excluded from the scheduling although the ground below remains included." http://extranet7.kent.gov.uk/ExploringKentsPast/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MKE3915
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