Addington Long Barrow

Addington Long Barrow is a chambered long barrow located near the village of Addington in the southeastern English county of Kent [1]. Probably constructed in the fourth millennium BCE, during Britain's Early Neolithic period, today it survives only in a ruined state [1]. Archaeologists have established that the monument was built by pastoralist communities shortly after the introduction of agriculture to Britain from continental Europe [1]. Although representing part of an architectural tradition of long barrow building that was widespread across Neolithic Europe, Addington Long Barrow belongs to a localised regional variant of barrows produced in the vicinity of the River Medway, now known as the Medway Megaliths [1]. It lies near to both Chestnuts Long Barrow and Coldrum Long Barrow on the western side of the river [1]. The ruin attracted the interest of antiquarians in the early 18th century, and was studied by local archaeologists in the 20th [1]. Upon construction, the barrow would have been about 60 metres long [1].