Construction
The Coldrum Stones represent the surviving remnants of a chambered long barrow, a style of architecture found across much of Early Neolithic Britain. It had been built using about 50 stones. The barrow is sub-rectangular in plan, and about 20 meters in length. In the west, its width is about 15 meters, while in the east, its width is a wider 19 meters. As such, the barrow is a "truncated wedge-shape". The megalithic builders responsible for the Coldrum Stones positioned it on the top of a small ridge adjacent to the North Downs, and constructed it facing eastward, towards the River Medway.
All of the surviving megalithic tombs from the Early Neolithic period have suffered from neglect and the ravages of agriculture. The Coldrum Stones is no exception, having become dilapidated and fallen apart over the six millennia since its original construction. Most prominently, the eastern side has largely collapsed, with the stones that once helped to hold up the side of the barrow having fallen to the bottom of the slope.
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