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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 16 NE 19 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | 59 Mickleburgh Hill, Herne Bay |
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Summary
A Roman coin reused as a Saxon weight was found in 1960 on waste ground behind 59 Mickleburgh Hill, Herne Bay. It is in Herne Bay Museum.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1858 6793 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR16NE |
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| Parish: | HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman to Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 43 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- WEIGHT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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On exhibition in Herne Bay Museum is a cut-down and rubbed-down Ro. coin reused as a Saxon weight. It was found in 1960 on waste ground behind 59 Mickleburgh Hill, Herne Bay, at TR 18586793, by schoolchildren at play. (a) The findspot was confirmed by Master Nicholas Ward of Oakdale Road, Herne Bay (1). Additional references (2,3).
<1> Inf: Mr HE Gough Curator Herne Bay Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE44419.
<2> F1 ASP 29.11.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42341.
<3> Field report for monument TR 16 NE 19 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5527.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Inf: Mr HE Gough Curator Herne Bay Mus. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 29.11.63. [Mapped feature: #44128 find, ] |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 16 NE 19 - November, 1963. |
