Bronze Age round barrows are earthen funerary mounds that can be found in isolation or as part of a cemetery. They are sometimes referred to as ‘tumuli’ on early maps. Barrows are most commonly associated with a group known as the Beaker People who often buried their dead within round barrow monuments with grave goods that included a distinctive ‘beaker’ style of pottery. Evidence of barrows in the landscape often survive as soil parching and differential crop growth. Surviving upstanding barrow mounds are very rare in Kent as most have been levelled by hundreds of years of plough activity and cultivation. However, there are some amazing examples of surviving barrow mounds elsewhere in the country including in the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. Machine stripping of soils within in area known as Plateau 6 on the Thanet Earth excavations revealed the ploughed-out remains of a large early Bronze Age round barrow, cut by several features of later date. The remains of the round barrow survived as a pair of concentric ring ditches that were roughly 17m and 22m in diameter respectively, separated by a berm approximately 1m wide. An inhumation grave lay roughly at the centre of the barrow within the circuit of the inner ditch. Barrows were not constructed for all members of the population, and the act of burying a person within the centre of such a grandiose memorial suggests a special celebration of the identity and achievements of the buried. The three surviving objects included as grave goods represent carefully selected artefacts that accompanied the deceased. The greyish-green coloured stone wrist-guard or bracer was found under the lower left arm of the skeleton and perhaps had been bound to the wrist area before burial. It belongs to the amphibolite stone-type group and although the precise source has not been identified, it may have come from the continent, perhaps in Spain or the Alpine region. The copper tanged dagger was found under the right shoulder blade of the skeleton and may have once been strapped to the end of a wooden shaft. The origin of the copper tanged dagger (99% copper) is unknown, however its form suggests a date of 2200–2100 BC. The badly crushed ceramic Beaker pot is in East Anglian style and had been placed at the feet of the skeleton. The beaker pot had been decorated with a series of horizontal bands, filled with cross-hatched incised decoration with undecorated bands between. This type of decoration is typical of early beaker vessels that pre-date 2000 BC. Interestingly, isotope analysis suggests that the individual was local to Kent, or at least in a chalk landscape, unlike some of the other beaker burials identified during the Thanet Earth excavations. The grave lay roughly at the centre of the barrow within the circuit of the inner ditch. The articulated skeleton of an adult male was found at the chalk base of the grave. He had been buried in a crouched position, as was typical during the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age periods. He was approximately 5ft 10” in height and was aged around 30–44 years when he died. Radiocarbon dating of skeletal remains indicates a burial date of c 2193–1981 cal BC and isotope analysis suggests that he grew up locally, or at least in a chalk landscape. The sequence of backfilled deposits within the grave suggests the burial had probably been set within a timber coffin/grave lining. It is even possible he was buried in a hollowed out tree trunk. Of later date than the burial, and located within the very upper level of the grave, were the disarticulated remains of a young child, aged between 4–6 years old. The bones were heavily disturbed, with only fragments of skull, dentition and upper torso surviving. Whether they were a relation to the buried male remains unknown.