Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Neolithic celt; BA cist burial. Bronze spearhead & other burials.

Monument Types

• BURIAL (BURIAL, Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
• CIST (CIST, Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
• HUMAN REMAINS (HUMAN REMAINS, Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

• AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• Bracer (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
• DAGGER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
• SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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[TQ 9121 6336] British Grave found A.D. 1883 [NAT] (1) A cist, containing a male skeleton, a bronze knife-dagger and a slate bracer, was found in a field opposite Trott's Hall Garden on the east side of Bell Road, Sittingbourne, in 1883. In the same field, at the back of the French House, a Neolithic celt was found, and about 100 yards to the south a bronze spearhead. An unaccompanied skeleton was found in 1879 and "a number of skeletons" c. 1835. (2)(3) The area is now built over. (4) Additional bibliography (5-7)

<1> OS 6" 1938-47 (OS Card Reference). SKE48354.

<2> Coll Cant 1893 12-13 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE39130.

<3> PSA 2nd Series 10 1883-5 30 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE48808.

<4> F1 ASP 17-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42151.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 96 SW 36 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4965.

<6> CgMs Consulting, 2005, Archaeological desk based assessment. Shopping centre at Bell Road, Sittingbourne (Scheme A) (Unpublished document). Ske13118.

<7> CgMs Consulting, 2005, Archaeological desk based assessment. Shopping centre at Bell Road, Sittingbourne (Scheme A) (Unpublished document). SKE13118.

Sources and further reading