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<< Our Photo Pages >> Mount Mead - Round Barrow(s) in England in Kent

Submitted by slumpy on Thursday, 11 January 2007  Page Views: 6969

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mount Mead
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.264 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Kent Type: Round Barrow(s)
 Nearest Village: Trottiscliffe
Map Ref: TQ63835933
Latitude: 51.309506N  Longitude: 0.349133E
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
4 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.
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
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Brian_Eyes visited on 1st Feb 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 On private land, I rang the bell at the gate and the owners were pretty friendly and let me walk around the mound. Unfortunately my phone had packed up that day so no photos. Very complete and impressive mound, the owners said it has been dated to Bronze Age by archaeologists.

Bowl Barrow South Of Mount Mead
Bowl Barrow South Of Mount Mead submitted by jonnee23 : Kent tumulus - Fab ancient burial mound off Ford Lane, Trottiscliffe - disputed antiquity - anywhere from Bronze Age to Roman... anyone care to shed some light? (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow(s) in Kent

Large isolated round barrow, one of very few [surviving] in the immediate vicinity, hidden behind a thick hedge in the garden of Mount Mead. Very well preserved, considering the local sand-quarrying, standing about 3m high overlooking the M20/M26 junction at Wrotham Heath. Unfortunately nobody home today, and no decent photographs owing to the thick hedge, but a return visit a definite.
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Bowl Barrow South Of Mount Mead
Bowl Barrow South Of Mount Mead submitted by jonnee23 : View of the barrow – it is situated in some woodland as part of a private residence, so hard to get a good view ;0) the property is up for sale at time of posting (27_02_2008) - wish I had £800,000 for a 4 bedroom country house with it’s own ancient burial ground! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bowl Barrow South Of Mount Mead
Bowl Barrow South Of Mount Mead submitted by jonnee23 : This round barrow is so beautiful. A rareity in Kent, because it is so remarkably well preserved – even more so if it dates back to Bronze Age times – of which it shares similar features to other barrows more commonly found in Sussex, and not the more sophisticated structures of the larger burial chambers remaining in Kent like at Coldrum, Addiscombe and Maidstone’s Kit’s Coty’sâ€... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bowl Barrow South Of Mount Mead
Bowl Barrow South Of Mount Mead submitted by jonnee23 : View from the top of the barrow – typical concave top, obviously plundered in previous antiquarian times… (Vote or comment on this photo)

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TQ6359 : Ford Lane near the junction with Wrotham Water Road by Marathon
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TQ6359 : Ford Lane near the junction with Wrotham Water Road by Marathon
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TQ6359 : Wedge-shaped field by Robin Webster
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TQ6359 : M20 eastbound by Alex McGregor
by Alex McGregor
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TQ6359 : M20 Motorway by David Anstiss
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Mount Mead by coldrum on Saturday, 05 November 2011
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From Exploring Kent's Past:

"The monument includes a bowl barrow which comprises an earthen mound encircled by a now-infilled quarry ditch. This is a large barrow, the mound measuring some 30m in diameter and standing to a maximum height of 3m. Indeed, it was originally even higher; partial excavation at the summit has lowered the mound somewhat. The surrounding ditch has been enlarged on the south side and has collected water for many years. On the remaining sides the ditch has been infilled by soil eroded from the mound and is no longer visible on the surface. The diameter of the mound and ditch together is 36m. No records of who was responsible for the excavation, nor of what was found, have yet come to light, but the trench was already partly obscured in 1923 so that a date in the 19th century for the excavation is most likely. Two small concrete bases for garden ornaments which lie over the infilled ditch on the northern side are excluded from the scheduling but the ground beneath is included."

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