NHER 3624 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age bowl barrow

On West Rudham Common, south of old gravel pit.
Ditch and slight bank 22m in diameter, 1.3m high.
68.5m along bottom of ditch.
Flint flakes on it.

June 1936.
Found by A. Q. Watson and J. E. Sainty.
Condition then good.

Seen R. R. Clarke (NCM) 14 July 1936.

Ploughed up 1941.

Sited below crest of hill on heath.
Mound 35m diameter, 1.5m high, ditch 5m wide, 1m deep, except northwest.
Slight outer bank, on north 3m wide,
30cm high, on south 4m wide, 50cm high.
Track crosses bank on south.
Covered with bracken and elders.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 14 January 1974.

'Barrows near Rudham' mentioned in (S1).

November 1983.
No change; good condition; grass and bracken.
J. Wymer (NAU)

Covered in bracken, difficult to assess dimensions, no animal disturbance.
Site form in file.
H. Paterson (A&E) February 1991.

Now scheduled as one monument with adjacent NHER 3625.
Information from (S2).

12 July 1994. NLA air photography.
Earthwork clearly visible.
H. Clare (NLA), 22 February 2001.

3 November 2003. Visit.
In excellent condition, following removal of scrub and bracken, under a Stewardship Scheme.
Profile now revealed.
Letter sent to owner at his request to suggest fencing to preclude public access from Right to Roam legislation.
H. Paterson (A&E), 17 November 2003.