Verified51.3198° N · 0.4419° E · 80 m
Kit's Coty House
Kit's Coty · Lower Kit's Coty House
Early Neolithic·Medway Early Neolithic·🇬🇧 Kent, England, United Kingdom
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About Kit's Coty House
Remnant of a Neolithic chambered long barrow on Chalk Downs above River Medway — Medway Megaliths group. Chamber of three upright sarsens supporting 3.5 m capstone forming H-shaped plan, formerly within 70 m mound now largely ploughed away. Built c.4000 BCE. Folklore associates with Catigern, brother of Vortigern.
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Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Folklore link to 5th-century Catigern
Theories
- 01Medway cluster marks early Neolithic colonization from continent
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
- Chambered tomb for collective burial
- Abandoned
- c.3000 BCE
- Rediscovered
- Recorded 1590 Camden; excavation by Jessup 1947
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 4000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1227 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
51.3198° N · 0.4419° E · 80 m · 1 mapped feature
Chamber
chamberH-shaped sarsen chamber with capstone
51.3198° N · 0.4419° E
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