Ringlemere Barrow

The Ringlemere barrow is an archaeological site near Sandwich in the English county of Kent most famous as being the find site of the Ringlemere gold cup [1]. No contemporary burials have been found at the site although later Iron Age ones have since been found along with a Saxon cemetery [1]. Excavation work has continued at the site, funded by English Heritage, the BBC, the British Museum and the Kent Archaeological Society [1]. This work has indicated that the now ploughed-away barrow was as high as 5m and had a diameter of more than 40m [1]. The flat-bottomed ditch that surrounded it was 5–6 m wide and 1.35 m deep [1]. Considerable evidence of much earlier Neolithic activity has now been found on the site including by far the largest assemblage of grooved ware in the county [1].