Addington Long Barrow

#3669 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Addington Long Barrow is a chambered long barrow located near the village of Addington in the southeastern English county of Kent. Probably constructed in the fourth millennium BCE, during Britain's Early Neolithic period, today it survives only in a ruined state. Built of earth and about fifty local sarsen megaliths, the long barrow consisted of a sub-rectangular earthen tumulus enclosed by kerb-stones. Collapsed stones on the northeastern end of the chamber probably once formed a stone chamber in which human remains might have been deposited, though none have been discovered. ()

Coordinates: 51°18'28"N, 0°22'13"E

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Addington Long Barrow – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Coldrum Long Barrow, North Downs Way, Leybourne Lakes Country Park, West Malling Golf Club.

0.9 miN
Ruins, Sacred and religious sites, Historical place
Coldrum Long Barrow, West Malling
25 min walk • The Coldrum Long Barrow, also known as the Coldrum Stones and the Adscombe Stones, is a chambered long barrow located near the village of Trottiscliffe in the south-eastern English county of Kent. Probably constructed in the fourth millennium BCE, during Britain's Early Neolithic period, today it survives only in a state of ruin.
1.4 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
North Downs Way
36 min walk • The North Downs Way National Trail is a long-distance path in southern England, opened in 1978. It runs from Farnham to Dover, past Guildford, Dorking, Merstham, Otford and Rochester, along the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Kent Downs AONB.
3.3 miE
Park
Leybourne Lakes Country Park
83 min walk • Leybourne Lakes Country Park is near Snodland, in Kent, England. The park, which opened in 2004, was created from disused gravel pits that have been flooded and landscaped to make fishing and wildlife lakes.
0.4 miS
51°18'6"N • 0°22'2"E
West Malling Golf Club, West Malling
12 min walk • Golf
3.3 miS
Church
St Lawrence's Church
85 min walk • St Lawrence's Church is an Anglican parish church at Mereworth, Kent, United Kingdom. It is in the deanery of West Malling, the Diocese of Rochester and Province of Canterbury.
3.3 miSE
Golf
West Malling
83 min walk • West Malling is a historic market town in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent, England. It has a population of around 2,500 people.
3.8 miN
Windmill
Killick's Mill, Meopham
97 min walk • Killick's Mill is a Grade II* listed Smock mill in Meopham, Kent, England that was built in 1801 and which has been restored.
1.9 miSE
Architecture, Tower
St Leonard's Tower, West Malling
50 min walk • St Leonard's Tower is a probable Norman keep in West Malling, in the county of Kent, England. The tower was probably built by Gundulf, the Bishop of Rochester, between 1077 and 1108. It was a three-storey building, constructed of local stone, and would have stood at least 22 metres high.
4 miE
Park
Ditton Quarry, Maidstone
103 min walk • Ditton Quarry is a 5.6-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Ditton, on the north-western outskirts of Maidstone in Kent. It is owned and managed by Ditton Parish Council. This former quarry has grassland and scrub, with diverse fauna including butterflies, foxes, rabbits, frogs, toads and newts. The meadow is rich in wild flowers.
3.8 miS
Forts and castles
Mereworth Castle
98 min walk • Mereworth Castle is a grade I listed Neo-Palladian country house in Mereworth, Kent, England.
2 miSE
Park
Manor Park Country Park, West Malling
52 min walk • Manor Park Country Park is a country park in West Malling, Kent, England. The 52-acre park, formerly the private gardens of the nearby Douces Manor, was purchased from the manor's owners by Kent County Council in 1973 to be converted into a public open space.