Medway Megaliths, Maidstone

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The Medway Megaliths, sometimes termed the Kentish Megaliths, are a group of Early Neolithic chambered long barrows and other megalithic monuments located in the lower valley of the River Medway in Kent, South-East England. Constructed from local sarsen stone and soil between the 4th and 3rd millennia BCE, they represent the only known prehistoric megalithic group in eastern England and the most south-easterly group in Britain. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°19'0"N, 0°30'0"E

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AylesfordMaidstone United Kingdom

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Medway Megaliths – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kit's Coty House, Mytime Active at Cobtree Manor Park Golf Course, Westfield Wood, Tyland Barn.

~1350 ftNE
Historical place, Ruins, Museum
Kit's Coty House, Aylesford
7 min walk • Kit's Coty House or Kit's Coty is a chambered long barrow near the village of Aylesford in the southeastern English county of Kent. Constructed circa 4000 BCE, during the Early Neolithic period of British prehistory, today it survives in a ruined state.
1 miS
51°18'12"N • 0°30'30"E
Mytime Active at Cobtree Manor Park Golf Course, Maidstone
26 min walk • Golf
0.8 miE
Park
Westfield Wood, Maidstone
22 min walk • Westfield Wood is a 5-hectare nature reserve north of Maidstone in Kent, which is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust. It is part of the Wouldham to Detling Escarpment Site of Special Scientific Interest and Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.
1 miSE
Park
Tyland Barn, Maidstone
26 min walk • Tyland Barn, north of Maidstone, is the headquarters of the Kent Wildlife Trust. It has a nature park which is designed to show the variety of habitats in the county, such as a pond, grassland, a chalk bank, a shingle beach, scrub and hedges.
1.6 miSW
Monastery
Aylesford Priory, Maidstone
40 min walk • Aylesford Priory, or "The Friars" was founded in 1242 when members of the Carmelite order arrived in England from Mount Carmel in the Holy Land. Richard de Grey, a crusader, sponsored them, and conveyed to the order a parcel of land located on his manor in Aylesford in Kent.
~410 ftSE
Archaeological site
Little Kit's Coty House
2 min walk • Little Kit's Coty House, also known as Lower Kit's Coty House and the Countless Stones, is a chambered long barrow located near to the village of Aylesford in the southeastern English county of Kent.
~1040 ftNW
Museum, Archaeological site
Coffin Stone
6 min walk • The Coffin Stone, also known as the Coffin and the Table Stone, is a large sarsen stone at the foot of Blue Bell Hill near Aylesford in the south-eastern English county of Kent. Now lying horizontally, the stone probably once stood upright nearby.
0.7 miE
Archaeological site
Scheduled monuments in Maidstone, Maidstone
17 min walk • There are 27 scheduled monuments in Maidstone, Kent, England. In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is an archaeological site or historic building of "national importance" that has been given protection against unauthorised change by being placed on a list by the Secretary...
~1940 ftE
Nightlife
Lower Bell, Aylesford
10 min walk • The Lower Bell is a pub on the A229 Blue Bell Hill, between Chatham and Maidstone in Kent. It is located at the edge of the North Downs where the A229 meets the Pilgrims' Way. A pub has existed in the general area since around 1790, when the A229 was a turnpike road for coaches.
1.5 miSE
Monastery
Boxley Abbey, Maidstone
40 min walk • Boxley Abbey in Boxley, Kent, England was a Cistercian monastery founded c.1146 by William of Ypres, leader of King Stephen's Flemish mercenaries, and colonised by monks from Clairvaux Abbey in France.
0.7 miE
Archaeological site
White Horse Stone
18 min walk • The White Horse Stone is a name given to two separate sarsen megaliths on the slopes of Blue Bell Hill, near the village of Aylesford in the south-eastern English county of Kent.

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Which popular attractions are close to Medway Megaliths?

Nearby attractions include Kit's Coty House, Aylesford (7 min walk), Scheduled monuments in Maidstone, Maidstone (17 min walk), Westfield Wood, Maidstone (22 min walk), North Downs Tunnel, Kent Downs (23 min walk).