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<< Text Pages >> Whinless Down Barrows - Round Barrow(s) in England in Kent

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Whinless Down Barrows
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.212 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Kent Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Dover
Map Ref: TR29514167
Latitude: 51.128299N  Longitude: 1.278747E
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
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From Exploring Kent's Past:

"On Whinless Down, a narrow winding ridge W of Dover, at a height of about 350ft OD, there are two pairs of conjoined bowl barrows in very mutilated condition. One was excavated in 1939 by Dover College Field Club and a sherd of a Bronze Age storage vessel was found which is now in Canterbury Royal Museum. It is not now known at Dover College which of the barrows was excavated. `A' measures 17.0m E-W by 7.0m transversely and is about 0.6m in height; there is no visible ditch. `B' measures 9.0m E-W by 6.0m transversely and is about 0.6m in height; there is no visible ditch. The N. half of both barrows has been destroyed during the construction of an old boundary bank. `C' is a shapeless mound measuring about 14.0m N-S by 12.0m transversely and 0.3m in height. It is slightly mutilated at the centre and has no visible ditch. `D' at TR 29414167, is also a shapeless mound measuring about 10.0m N-S by 8.0m transversely and 0.3m in height. It has been mutilated by recent trenching and has no visible ditch."

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TR2941 : Whinless Down, Dover by John Mavin
by John Mavin
©2008(licence)
TR2941 : Pylon, Whinless by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
©2023(licence)
TR2941 : Footpath on Whinless Down (2) by David Anstiss
by David Anstiss
©2011(licence)
TR2941 : Pylon, Whinless Down by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
©2023(licence)
TR2941 : View from Whinless Down by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
©2023(licence)

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