The Chestnuts Long Barrow is a chambered tomb located near the village of Addington in the south-eastern English county of Kent. Constructed during Britain's Early Neolithic period, it belongs to a regional style of barrows produced in the vicinity of the River Medway. The long barrows built in this area are now known as the Medway Megaliths. Chestnuts Long Barrow lies near both Addington Long Barrow and Coldrum Long Barrow on the western side of the river, and was built on land previously inhabited in the Mesolithic period. It consisted of an earthen mound, estimated to have been 15 metres (50 feet) in length, with a chamber built from sarsen megaliths on its eastern end. Human remains placed within this chamber during the Neolithic period were found alongside pottery sherds, stone arrow heads, and a clay pendant. The mound gradually eroded away and was gone by the twentieth century, leaving only the ruined stone chamber.
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1610:
The masque Tethys' Festival was performed at the Palace of Whitehall to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick as Prince of Wales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethys%27_Festival
1899:
Filipino general Antonio Luna was assassinated in the midst of the Philippine–American War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Luna
1963:
British politician John Profumo admitted that he had lied to the House of Commons about his involvement in a sex scandal with Christine Keeler and resigned from government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Keeler
2001:
Tropical Storm Allison made landfall in Texas, causing approximately $8.5 billion in damage, making it the costliest Atlantic tropical cyclone that was never a major hurricane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Allison
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