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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Smythe's Megalith Alternative Name: Smythe's MonumentCountry: England County: Kent Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Maidstone Nearest Village: Aylesford
Map Ref: TQ753605
Latitude: 51.316602N Longitude: 0.514107E
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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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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