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A detailed description of the history of the two Stone Age sites, which are now known under the – historically inexplicable – names “Kit's Coty House” and “Little Kit's Coty House”, is available for the culture-loving hiker on the following official website: => https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/kits-coty-house-and-little-kits-coty-house/history/

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Beautiful and and part of history

A commemoration to the Kent Air Ambulance crew who lost their lives in a crash at this site.

Little Kit's Coty House, also known as Lower Kit's Coty House and the Countless Stones, is a chambered long barrow. Constructed circa 4000 BCE, during the Early Neolithic period of British prehistory, today it survives in a ruined state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Kit%27s_Coty_House Only 1 km away you find Kit's Coty House https://www.komoot.de/highlight/941356

Blue Bell Hill, part of the Kent Downs AONB, is a scenic spot to stop for a pitstop. At the top of the hill, picnic benches overlook the surrounding countryside and the River Medway. The North Downs Way runs along the top of the hill so it's a popular stop-off for walkers.

Another little POI that is just a couple of strides of the path

Westfield Wood is a serene nature reserve that is part of an internationally-important yew woodland. The central part of the wood is occupied by a dense yew trees interspersed with mature ash, beech, field maple, wild cherry, and oak. Some of the mature beech trees are fine specimens. Others, which died in a bad storm in 1987, provide important dead wood habitat for many insects and fungi.

Coldrum Longbarrow is the best-preserved megalithic longbarrow in Kent. Owned by the National Trust, this 3,000 year-old burial chamber is the only one of those originally present in the Medway Valley to remain virtually intact. From the landmark, you are afforded mystical views and a wonderfully serene atmosphere.