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Kit's Coty House

Aylesford, Kent

Three stones and a capstone from Britain's first farmers.

Kit's Coty House is three upright sarsen stones with a capstone, the remains of a long barrow about 70 metres long. It was built around 4000 BC and is one of the oldest stone monuments in Britain.

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When
c. 4000 BC
Where
51.3200, 0.5020
Group
Circles & monuments

Visiting

English Heritage, free. A short walk from the Pilgrims' Way.

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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