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Submitted by vicky on Saturday, 27 November 2004  Page Views: 21368

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Chestnuts Alternative Name: The Chestnuts
Country: England County: Kent Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Maidstone  Nearest Village: Addington
Map Ref: TQ65265917  Landranger Map Number: 178
Latitude: 51.307655N  Longitude: 0.369557E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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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
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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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Brian_Eyes visited on 1st Feb 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3

markhewins visited on 4th Sep 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Joan taught us to dowse.

NickyD visited - their rating: Amb: 2 Access: 5 Couldn't get up close to it. Hadn't rung the owners but they were in the garden for ages and ignoring us so no luck this time!

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.33

Chestnuts
Chestnuts submitted by enkidu41 : The stones are massive (the 2 capstones and some uprights weigh up to 10 tons) and once formed a rectangular chamber 12' long and 7' high entered through a facade of sarsen stones. The owner will suggest you try dowsing rods. Do so, because you will be able to trace out the full extent of the chamber and long gone mound. TQ 652 592 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Long Barrow in Kent The following was extracted from the now defunct site "Kent in Kaos"
100m to the north-west of Addington long-barrow lies a second chambered long-barrow. It is on private land but visitors can view it for a small charge by appointment only. Please telephone Mrs J. E.Bygrave on (01732) 840220 for more information.

The sand mound has mostly disappeared but 12 of the large sarsens remain at the east end of the barrow and the chamber and facade remain also. Some of the stones have recently been re-erected. The capstone which is estimated to weigh around 14 to 15 tons has fallen off and is now to one side. The mound was about 20 metres long and 15 metres wide, and the chamber 4m by 2m.

The barrow was excavated in 1957 and contained traces of the cremated bones of at least nine adults and possibly two children, and artifacts dated to Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. The finds are in Maidstone Museum. There is further evidence that prior to the barrow being built a Mesolithic group had camped there and knapped their flints.

Chestnuts lies very close to the motorway but is amazingly peaceful and quiet. It is still used today for celebrating life and tingles with its energy and its history. Permission must be sought from Rose Alba House before visiting this barrow. Finds from this site can be found in Maidstone Museum.

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Chestnuts
Chestnuts submitted by Bladup : The Chestnuts chambered long barrow. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chestnuts submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chestnuts submitted by bec-zog : Chestnuts Chambered Tomb; TQ652592 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chestnuts submitted by bec-zog (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chestnuts submitted by thecaptain : To see the remains of this chambered long barrow, which lies in private ground, a visit needs to be arranged in advance with the owners, which I hadnt done, as I hadn't planned in advance to be here. However, the top of the stones can be seen over the field from the road through Addington Barrow. (1 comment)

Chestnuts
Chestnuts submitted by bec-zog : Chestnuts Chambered Tomb @ TQ 652592 Located in grounds of house. 3.7m long 2.3m wide, 2.1m high. EW aligned. for details see: J Alexandre, Arch. Cantiana 76(1961)

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Re: Chestnuts by AncestryFocus on Monday, 25 November 2019
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[note added to main site text. thanks for the update. admin] Please be aware that the Chestnuts is on private land and is no longer available for visits.
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Kent Megaliths Earth Mysteries Videos by Andy B on Monday, 02 October 2017
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Video of a field trip in August, 1989, with the London Earth Mysteries Circle and the Surrey Earth Mysteries Group, visiting the area of Kent occupied by the Medway Megaliths. These are a group of Neolithic chambered tombs, including the Coldrum Long Barrow, the Addington Long Barrow, The Chestnuts Long Barrow, Kits Coty House and Little Kits Coty.

At The Chestnuts, owner of the property Mrs. Bygraves speaks about Neolithic life and shows the many tools and implements found on the site. Particularly interesting as Mrs. Bygraves is no longer able to let people visit the stones as she is very old now.

Made by Jimmy Goddard / Surrey Earth Mysteries Group, who I don't really know but they have a lot of videos online which may be of interest. Whatever you think of the various ley line theories they have video and information on the stones themselves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pxvh_5O5Uo
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Re: Chestnuts by Brian_Eyes on Wednesday, 15 February 2017
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I called the number mentioned above today and was told that the lady who owns the land is no longer letting people visit the stones as she is too old to deal with visitors. Disappointed!
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Re: Chestnuts by TheCaptain on Monday, 03 June 2013
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tops of the stones can be seen in streetview


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Re: Chestnuts by coldrum on Monday, 07 November 2011
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From Exploring Kent's Past:

"From the National Heritage List for England

The surviving remains of this monument lie on relatively low, sandy ground above the valley of a small stream. The remains are best interpreted as those of a Long Barrow oriented E- W with the burial chamber at the E end. Some 100m to the SE is the Addington Long Barrow. The most distinctive part of the monument is the cluster of large sarsen stones which originally formed a Neolithic burial chamber. The understanding of this monument relies heavily on the excavations carried out in 1957 by Dr. J. Alexander. These investigations demonstrated that the burial chamber had formerly been covered by a mound of sand 18m wide which nad been scraped up from the surrounding area. The burial chamber, formed by pairs of stones on the north and south sides and given a facade of four further slabs, was found to contain the cremated remains of 12 bodies. The burial chamber was estimated to have been 3.6m long and 2.4m wide and was roofed by capstones. The mound over the chamber was probably in the shape of a tapering rectangle extending westwards for perhaps 50-60m by analogy with similar monuments. The excavation showed that the mound had been had been seriously damaged during the medieval period. The western end was sub-sequently lost to quarrying and the mound was further damaged earlier this century by deep ploughing, but evidence from pits cut into the subsoil is considered likely to survive to the west of the burial chamber. The recent concrete at the foot of the large sarsens (but not the ground beneath), the props used to support the stones and the fence at the quarry-edge are excluded from the scheduling at this monument

The surviving remains of this monument lie on relatively low, sandy ground above the valley of a small stream. The remains are best interpreted as those of a Long Barrow oriented E- W with the burial chamber at the E end. Some 100m to the SE is the Addington Long Barrow. The most distinctive part of the monument is the cluster of large sarsen stones which originally formed a Neolithic burial chamber. The understanding of this monument relies heavily on the excavations carried out in 1957 by Dr. J. Alexander. These investigations demonstrated that the burial chamber had formerly been covered by a mound of sand 18m wide which nad been scraped up from the surrounding area. The burial chamber, formed by pairs of stones on the north and south sides and given a facade of four further slabs, was found to contain the cremated remains of 12 bodies. The burial chamber was estimated to have been 3.6m long and 2.4m wide and was roofed by capstones. The mound over the chamber was probably in the shape of a tapering rectangle extending westwards for perhaps 50-60m by analogy with similar monuments. The excavation showed that the mound had been had been seriously damaged during the medieval period. The western end was sub-sequently lost to quarrying and the mound was further damaged earlier this century by deep ploughing, but evidence from pits cut into the subsoil is considered likely to survive to the west of the burial chamber. The recent concrete at the foot of the large sarsens (but not the ground beneath), the props used to support the stones and the fence at the quarry-edge are excluded from the scheduling at this monument."

http://extranet7.kent.gov.uk/ExploringKentsPast/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MKE1153
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Street View by coldrum on Friday, 19 March 2010
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Re: Chestnuts by coldrum on Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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The following from the Pastscape site:

"Neolithic chambered tomb, excavated in 1957and partially reconstructed. The surviving sarsens represent the remains of a chamber and facade at the eastern end of an east-west aligned long mound. Mesolithic flints around and beneath the tomb appear to form part of a more extensive scatter known from the surrounding area. Much destruction of the tomb appears to have occurred during the Medieval period in particular. The excavations recovered a quantity of Neolithic pottery from various contexts, as well as cremated human remains representing at least 9 individuals. The sequence and chronology of events at the tomb is difficult to disentangle because of the extent of the destruction and the acidic soils. The excavations also uncovered evidence for Early Bronze Age and Roman activity".

https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=412549
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Chestnuts by coldrum on Wednesday, 23 July 2008
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http://morganbd.blogspot.com/2008/05/couplea-weeks-ago-i-was-re-visiting.html
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Images by coldrum on Tuesday, 22 July 2008
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Some images of this site can be found on Medway Megaliths Facebook group:

http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=15827919159&success#/group.php?gid=16912265058
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Re: Chestnuts by Andy B on Saturday, 27 November 2004
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More on this group of sites from the Bexley Archaeological Group:

http://www.bag.org.uk/jan99/medway1.htm
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Re: Chestnuts by TheCaptain on Monday, 30 August 2004
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To see the remains of this chambered long barrow, which lies in private ground, a visit needs to be arranged in advance with the owners, which I hadnt done, as I hadnt planned in advance on being here. Suppose I could have tried asking once I was here, but time was running short, so left it for another time.

However, the top of the stones can be seen over the field from the road which cuts through Addington long barrow.
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