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Image of King’s Wood (Round Barrow(s)) by GLADMAN

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN May 25, 2023

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GLADMAN May 25, 2023

This is a large, upstanding barrow, well worth combining with the nearby long barrow

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GLADMAN May 25, 2023

Image credit: Robert Gladstone

GLADMAN May 25, 2023

There are some that say winter is the only time to truly appreciate an ancient burial mound. I am not one of them.

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GLADMAN May 25, 2023

There is a small pile of stones/cairn placed upon the barrow which was home to innumerable ants.

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GLADMAN May 25, 2023

Hidden away in a woodland clearing a little under a mile from the fabulous Jackets Field long barrow..........

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GLADMAN May 25, 2023

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A quick look at the “mound” at TR034502 in passing…

GLADMAN Mar 13, 2024

A monument fit for a king? Nah, it’s much better than that.

GLADMAN Aug 5, 2023

King’s Wood

Round Barrow(s)

GLADMAN May 27, 2023

3/4 of a mile to the northeast of the fine long barrow beside Jackets Field, this round barrow is well worth adding to the day’s itinerary... if only to enjoy the tranquil woodland clearing setting. Heavily overgrown – and featuring an exquisite mantle of bluebells – during my late Spring visit, the small central cairn erected upon the monument might have suggested a round cairn anywhere but here upon the North Downs.

Also note the ‘Mound’ shown upon the 1:25K map at TR034502: seeing as the long barrow is also annotated as such – and the circumference has been demarcated/protected by woodland matter – what odds this also represents the remains of a round barrow?

Historic England notes the following:

“...The monument includes a bowl barrow situated on a clay-capped, chalk hill forming part of the Kent Downs. The barrow has a roughly circular mound 16m in diameter and 1m high surrounded by a ditch from which material used to construct the barrow was excavated. The ditch has become infilled over the years but survives as a buried feature c.2m wide.”