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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 97 SE 30 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early Medieval Settlement |
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Summary
Excavations revealed evidence for a 7-9th century Anglo-Saxon settlement; post-holes, glass and pottery were found.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 956 730 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ97SE |
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| Parish: | MINSTER-ON-SEA, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SETTLEMENT (SETTLEMENT, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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Excavations in Minster village (TQ 9573) by Sheppey Archaeological Society have recovered material of 7th to 9th century date including 'seven...bronze dress pins, post-hole evidence for timber buildings... a 737-758 Saxon silver coin... samples of Anglo-Saxon glass ...and as much Anglo-Saxon "Ipswich ware" pottery as produced by all the excavations at Canterbury combined'. (1)
<1> Slade B 1994 An Archaeologist Confesses Fortean Times 74 54 (OS Card Reference). SKE49492.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Slade B 1994 An Archaeologist Confesses Fortean Times 74 54. |
Related records
| TQ 97 SE 1 | Parent of: St. Mary and St. Sexburga's, Minster-in-Sheppey (Monument) |
