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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 SE 23
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Silver ring findspot

Summary

Possible 10th century silver ring, with cluster of globes in form of a cross, was found in Bifrons Park in 1847.


Grid Reference:TR 184 548
Map Sheet:TR15SE
Parish:BEKESBOURNE-WITH-PATRIXBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 900 AD? to 999 AD?)

Associated Finds

  • RING (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 900 AD? to 999 AD?)

Full description

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Silver ring with cluster of globes in form of a cross found at Bifrons Park in 1847. Exhibited at the Soc. by Akerman in Feb. 11th 1847. cf. one found at Sibertswold in 1772. Perhaps 10th cent. Given to the Marques of Conyngham. (1)


<1> C F Douglas, Nenia Britannica pl. xxii, 4 (OS Card Reference). SKE38454.

<2> CW Phillips DA Index (OS Card Reference). SKE39539.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: C F Douglas, Nenia Britannica pl. xxii, 4. [Mapped feature: #43949 Findspot, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: CW Phillips DA Index.