Shrub's Wood Long Barrow

Shrub's Wood Long Barrow is an unchambered long barrow located near to the village of Elmsted in the south-eastern English county of Kent [1]. It was probably constructed in the fourth millennium BCE, during Britain's Early Neolithic period [1]. Although representing part of an architectural tradition of long-barrow building that was widespread across Neolithic Europe, Shrub's Wood Long Barrow belongs to a localised regional variant of barrows produced in the vicinity of the River Stour [1]. Shrub's Wood Long Barrow was discovered in the late 1960s, although it has yet to undergo thorough archaeological investigation [1]. The barrow stands on a sandy sub-soil that is part of the Lenham Beds [1]. At its eastern end, the long barrow is 2 metres high, and a little less than that at its western end [1].