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Coldrum Long Barrow

Trottiscliffe, Kent

A stone tomb that may have held one family.

Coldrum Long Barrow was made with about 50 stones around a sarsen chamber. Excavators found the remains of at least 17 people, adults and children, dated to around 3980 to 3800 BC.

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When
c. 3980–3800 BC
Where
51.3220, 0.3720
Group
Circles & monuments

Visiting

National Trust, free. A short walk down a lane.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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