Exploring Little Kit's Coty in Kent: Megalithic Tomb

[@ramibu239]

Thanks again Richard & Nigel for another interesting walk to explore ancient history!!!👍

[@RichardVobes]

So pleased you enjoyed it.

[@MrGreatplum]

Very interesting place (if surprisingly inaccessible!) Maybe its time for a Bald Explorer archaeological dig!

[@danielrose881]

I grew up just down the road from Kit's Coty (pronounced locally 'Co-tee'). Best place to park would have been at the Lower Bell pub and save a lot of walking and avoids the A229. We always found these collapsed ones more interesting as kids than the built one up the road, as local legend has it that if you walk around it and count the same amount of stones twice you'll come to whatever horrific fate a young mind could make up! If you continue down that road, you'll hit the ancient village of Aylesford, with it's stone bridge, wood-framed houses and Friary. Immediately opposite the A229 from Kit's Coty, you'll hit the world famous Pilgrims Way, where it's a beautiful walk alongside the North Downs all the way to the City of Canterbury.

[@RichardVobes]

A fascinating place. Thanks for the info.

[@Red_____________]

Beautiful location to walk 👍🏻

[@annosborne7365]

Loved seeing the changing colour of the leaves, well done for negotiation with the roads.

[@RichardVobes]

The autumn is upon us. :)

[@georgetimperley8906]

Intresting, them stones dont seem normal, it is certainly unusual to have them in Kent! That road was very perilous. Well done richard and nigel! Great video.

[@Shoshana-xh6hc]

Wow! Love it, 10,000 year old at least track through the Weald... 😍

[@diddyreason]

Excellent. Interesting points made guys, I was thinking the same as Nigel, the number of stones is strange, a bit like a Neolithic council storage yard.

[@RichardVobes]

I am surpsied there are not more stones if the West Kennet Long Barrow is anythingt o go by!

[@SidBonkers51]

I knew of Kits Coty but not sure if I knew previously about Little Kits Coty and its interesting to think that there may be a lot more waiting to be discovered.

[@RichardVobes]

I bet there are under the top soil some where.

[@TheLimeGuy]

I went to little kits coty today, and took to the Internet to find more information about it which is where I found this video. Interestingly that fence you looked through into the vineyard has another megalithic stone in it known as the coffin stone.

[@RichardVobes]

Thanks for watching.

[@waltermatthews1155]

Thought you might have visited Aylesford Priory while in the area, also Nelsons right hand man is buried in the Churchyard at Wouldham.

[@RichardVobes]

Oooh interesting - another time then. thanks.

[@WiltshireMan]

It looks like Little Kits Coty may be intact even though it has collapsed. Interestingly the entrance to Waylands Smithy long barrow is on the South/ South east side of the tomb whereas more typically West Kennet is almost due East. Perhaps their compasses weren't so good in those days:) Sandy

[@RichardVobes]

Maybe the sun rose in a different place for the Waylands Smithy :)

[@WiltshireMan]

They probably just got up a lot later Richard:)

[@davidbooth3285]

Just typed in long barrows and a long list showed up! Including 3 of yours! I think I’ll take some of them in,but slowly!

[@RichardVobes]

Take a long time to obsorb them.

[@Jamesterritt]

It was reported 1650s that seven stones were standing with one stone covering them,Stuckely visited it in 1720 and said it was pulled down 30 years earlier

[@solosearcher]

There was the battle of aylesford which was hegist & horse the 1st anglo saxon Kings from 450AD. it was said they met by the great stone near the shore. When I walked the field by little kits coty it was covered in a lot of evidence of Roman activity all the way to the present. I think if they excavated it they would be very surprised

[@johnhorne1685]

It.s over 40 years since went up bluebell hill too Kits Coty. The roads had little traffic then. I had a car at that time that was good at hill climbing and so had a go at driving up to Kits. Too wet that day and failed so has to walk. There are more stones that way but you have to know where they are..

[@RichardVobes]

Thanks John - how busier everything has become.

[@denesydenham1627]

A compass is handy. I can end up going the wrong way with just a map, I realise after a bit but it saves some effort.

[@RichardVobes]

Always wise to have a compass.

[@Shoshana-xh6hc]

Hi Richard, is the place you parked the best? Cheers!

[@RichardVobes]

Probably the easiest.

[@Jamesterritt]

Also your friend said it couldn’t be a round barrow but there’s two round barrows near wouldham just down the road from there and one near the coldrum long barrow called mount mead so it could be a round barrow

[@JFG_01]

👍😎

[@tectorama]

Unfortunately so many of these Barrows were trashed in Georgian/Edwardian times, by self appointed "archaeologists". They traveled around the country digging up Barrows to see what they could find, using labourers with no interest in history. Sad times !!

[@RichardVobes]

The Grave Diggers is a book I have all about just that.

[@shaunlaverick5793]

its seems a few studies was carried out at kitys around 9 years or so ago.ive come across this pdf from the prehistory society you may find of interest.just click link to download www.prehistoricsociety.org/files/PAST_72_LowRespdf.pdf

[@RichardVobes]

Thanks for that Shaun.

[@squared.thought6650]

wow you really up early Fabian here hope you ok cotswolds windy rainy as hell as where do you live greeting regarding Hetty Pedlars Tump Wooten Under Edge though stroud is where I am from

[@RichardVobes]

Sounds grim with the rain!

[@organicpaul]

Well done!

[@RichardVobes]

Thanks Paul.

[@MrGreatplum]

Very interesting place (if surprisingly inaccessible!) Maybe its time for a Bald Explorer archaeological dig!

[@RichardVobes]

I will pack my spade next time. :)