Featured: Hare and Tabor T Shirts for discerning antiquarians

Hare and Tabor T Shirts for discerning antiquarians

John Michell: From Atlantis to Avalon

John Michell: From Atlantis to Avalon

Who's Online

There are currently, 465 guests and 3 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Our Photo Pages >> Dane John Mound - Artificial Mound in England in Kent

Submitted by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 09 October 2018  Page Views: 2487

Multi-periodSite Name: Dane John Mound
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Kent Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Canterbury
Map Ref: TR14785737
Latitude: 51.274978N  Longitude: 1.077952E
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
2 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
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
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
4

Internal Links:
External Links:

I have visited· I would like to visit

aolson visited on 21st Mar 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

TheCaptain have visited here

Dane John Mound
Dane John Mound submitted by TheCaptain : At the southern corner of the Canterbury city walls is a large mound, known as the Dane John Mound. When the Romans built the Canterbury City walls, they were arranged to incorporate an ancient mound, thought to be a large burial mound within a barrow cemetary. (Vote or comment on this photo)
At the southern corner of the Canterbury city walls is a large mound, known as the Dane John Mound, now set within a garden and park area.

When the Romans built the Canterbury city walls, they were arranged to incorporate an ancient mound, thought to be a large burial mound within a barrow cemetary. This mound was later modified to form the motte of the first Norman castle.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Dane John Mound
Dane John Mound submitted by TheCaptain : At the southern corner of the Canterbury city walls is a large mound, known as the Dane John Mound. When the Romans built the Canterbury City walls, they were arranged to incorporate an ancient mound, thought to be a large burial mound within a barrow cemetary. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TR1457 : Canterbury city walls by Elliott Simpson
by Elliott Simpson
©2007(licence)
TR1457 : The Dane John, Canterbury by Ian Dalgliesh
by Ian Dalgliesh
©2009(licence)
TR1457 : Dane John Mound in Canterbury by Clint Mann
by Clint Mann
©2014(licence)
TR1457 : Canterbury features [68] by Michael Dibb
by Michael Dibb
©2022(licence)
TR1457 : Canterbury features [69] by Michael Dibb
by Michael Dibb
©2022(licence)

The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!


Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 401m N 354° Museum of Canterbury* Museum (TR1472257767)
 523m NNE 28° Sunwin's Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TR15015784)
 535m NE 39° St Thomas's Well (Canterbury)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TR151578)
 573m NNE 25° St. Thomas Becket's Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TR150579)
 743m ENE 61° St Augustine's Abbey Standing Stone* Ancient Cross (TR1541857755)
 955m NNE 16° St Rhadegund's Bath Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TR150583)
 2.0km WNW 294° Black Prince's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TR129581)
 3.2km W 277° Bigbury Camp* Hillfort (TR116576)
 3.6km ENE 65° Fordwich Paleolithic Site Not Known (by us) (TR180590)
 3.6km SSW 206° Iffin Wood Bowl Barrow Round Barrow(s) (TR13335407)
 3.9km SE 139° Bridge Iron Age Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (TR175545)
 4.0km S 170° Whitehill Wood Barrow Round Barrow(s) (TR156535)
 4.1km ENE 58° Our Lady's Well (Fordwich) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TR18225970)
 5.3km ESE 102° Bekesbourne* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TR20005646)
 5.4km SE 136° Hanging Hill Barrow Cemetary Barrow Cemetery (TR18725363)
 5.5km ENE 76° Arrianes Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TR201589)
 5.8km SSE 159° Gorsley Wood Barrows Round Barrow(s) (TR17095201)
 6.1km SSE 164° Gorsley Wood Mound Artificial Mound (TR167516)
 6.1km SE 135° Barham Downs Barrow Round Barrow(s) (TR19295324)
 6.2km WSW 252° Pilgrims Way 9 Ancient Trackway (TR090552)
 6.2km SE 137° Bishopsbourne Barrows Barrow Cemetery (TR19225296)
 6.7km NNW 345° Clowes Wood Barrows* Round Barrow(s) (TR12746378)
 6.9km SSW 211° Mounts Wood Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (TR11455126)
 7.2km SW 230° Denge Wood Earthworks Misc. Earthwork (TR095525)
 7.2km S 170° Bursted Wood Barrow Round Barrow(s) (TR16345036)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Coni Pozzo Sacro

Siete Huaca >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

The Mind in the Cave

The Mind in the Cave

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Dane John Mound" | Login/Create an Account | 0 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.