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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 SE 11
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Three Iron Age Coins

Summary

Three Iron Age coins found on Burntwick Island


Grid Reference:TQ 8608 7165
Map Sheet:TQ87SE
Parish:UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 43 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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Three coins found on Burntwick Island. 1 British tin coin, class B. 1 small bronze coin, very defaced "most probably Ancient British". 1 small bronze coin, "possibly Ancient British". (1) These coins were found on the mud of the foreshore in the area centred TQ 8608 7165 over the period 1950-52. They remain in the finder's possession (2). Additional references (3-5). For context with other IA/RB finds see (6).


<1> Brit Num J 27 1953 211 (P H Ker Gray) (OS Card Reference). SKE38345.

<2> Sgn Cdr P H Ker Gray 'Frankfield' Farnham Lane Haslemere Surrey (OS Card Reference). SKE49447.

<3> F1 CFW 12-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42553.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 87 SE 11 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4658.

<5> Gray, P.H.K., 1953, Ancient British Coins from the Upchurch Marshes, Kent (Article in serial). SWX7577.

<6> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 17 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: Brit Num J 27 1953 211 (P H Ker Gray). [Mapped feature: #31911 find, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: Sgn Cdr P H Ker Gray 'Frankfield' Farnham Lane Haslemere Surrey.
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 12-OCT-64.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 87 SE 11 - October, 1964.
<5>Article in serial: Gray, P.H.K.. 1953. Ancient British Coins from the Upchurch Marshes, Kent. 27(2), pages 211.
<6>Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p 17.