 All of the surviving megalithic tombs from the Early Neolithic period have suffered from neglect and the ravages of agriculture . Although archaeologist Paul Ashbee noted that the Coldrum Stones represent " Kent 's least damaged megalithic long barrow " , it too has suffered considerable damage , 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 . Conversely , it is possible that the sarsens at the bottom of the slope were not part of the original monument , but were stones found in nearby fields which were deposited there by farmers . 
 All of the surviving megalithic tombs from the Early Neolithic period <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>have</mark></a> suffered from neglect and the ravages of agriculture . Although archaeologist Paul Ashbee noted that the Coldrum Stones represent " Kent <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>least damaged megalithic long barrow " , it too <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> suffered considerable damage , having become dilapidated and fallen apart over the six millennia since its original construction . Most prominently , the eastern side <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>has</mark></a> largely collapsed , with the stones <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>that</mark></a>once helped to hold up the side of the barrow <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>having</mark></a> fallen to the bottom of the slope . Conversely , it is possible that the sarsens at the bottom of the slope <a href='negative_concord' title='7'><mark>were</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='8'><mark>not</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='9'><mark>part</mark></a> of the original monument , but <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>were</mark></a> stones found in nearby fields which <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>were</mark></a> deposited there by farmers . 
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