Verified51.3210° N · 0.4180° E · 130 m
Coldrum Long Barrow
Coldrum Stones
Early Neolithic·Medway Early Neolithic·🇬🇧 Kent, England, United Kingdom
About
About Coldrum Long Barrow
Medway Megaliths' best-preserved rectangular chambered long barrow on North Downs escarpment, 25 m long with stone kerb supporting chambers. Western end facade of sarsen stones with median chamber. Excavation 1910 found 22 inhumations and pottery. Legend says stones are uncountable.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Uncountable stones folklore
Theories
- 01Rectilinear kerb marks continental influence
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 4000 BCE
- Period
- Early Neolithic
- Culture
- Medway Early Neolithic
- Purpose
- Rectangular long barrow burial chambers
- Abandoned
- c.3000 BCE
- Rediscovered
- Antiquarian 17th century; excavated 1910 F.J. Bennett
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 4000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1247 CE
Major expansion
On the ground
Structures & features
51.3210° N · 0.4180° E · 130 m · 1 mapped feature
Kerbed Enclosure
kerbRectangular sarsen kerb enclosing mound
51.3210° N · 0.4180° E
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