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<< Text Pages >> Smythe's Megalith - Chambered Tomb in England in Kent

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Smythe's Megalith Alternative Name: Smythe's Monument
Country: England County: Kent Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Maidstone  Nearest Village: Aylesford
Map Ref: TQ753605
Latitude: 51.316602N  Longitude: 0.514107E
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
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
1 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.
1 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

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This was almost certainly another chambered tomb, which once stood in a large field East of the dual-carriage way (A229). Nothing can now be seen and the site cannot be visited.

It was found by farm workers in 1823 and subsequently removed. Clement Smythe made the most helpful account of the site, hence its name. The late John Evans published all the available information. It seems that there had been a small stone chamber, constructed of four large stones, which contained human bones.

Source: Bexley Archaeological Group Newsletter

"Being 300 metres NNE of the White Horse Stone on the edge of Westfield Wood on Blue Boy Hill is possibly one of the Medway's forgotten megaliths. It was rediscovered by farm workers in 1823 and recorded by local antiquarian Clement Smythe. Excavation revealed four irregular shaped stones similar to those at Kit's Coty House. An unglazed urn piece was discovered and Smythe found human bones, from two individuals, orienated east-west and lying on a flat stone. The site was soon lost although in 1955 the plough hit two further large stones which may have been associated with the site. They were removed."
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Re: Smythe's Megalith by coldrum on Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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"The site of a possible Neolithic chambered tomb, nothing now surviving above ground. The site was discovered in circa 1822, the sarsens being an obstruction to ploughing. Uncovering and removal of the stones led to the discovery of human bones representing at least two adults and some potsherds described as representing "a small vessel of unglazed red earth". Although several authorities regard the site as a probable Neolithic chambered tomb, the stone chamber probably standing at the end of a long mound, alternative interpretations include the suggestion that the stones represented a much smaller cist, the "unglazed red" vessel perhaps being a Beaker".

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