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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 16 NW 8 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | 7th cent gold coin, found 1952 |
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Summary
A seventh century Merovingian coin was found on the beach at Swalecliffe in 1952.
| Grid Reference: | TR 143 677 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR16NW |
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| Parish: | WHITSTABLE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 600 AD to 699 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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A 7th century Merovingian gold coin minted at Cologne, now in the British Museum (accession number 1953-5-4-1), was bought from Mr. J.A. Scott, 12 Plough Lane, Whitstable. Mr. Scott found the coin in 1952 on the beach at Swalecliffe at approximately TR 14316777. He assessed that it had been washed out from the cliff (1). Additional NAR entries and references from relevant sources (2-6) and for site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (7).
<1> BBAA No 57 June 1953 2 (OS Card Reference). SKE37603.
<2> BM Accession Register (OS Card Reference). SKE38187.
<3> Inf Mr JA Scott (OS Card Reference). SKE44348.
<4> F1 ASP 11.03.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42040.
<5> Field report for monument TR 16 NW 8 - March, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5535.
<6> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 8 (Index). SWX11836.
<7> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 31 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: BBAA No 57 June 1953 2. [Mapped feature: #44188 Find, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: BM Accession Register. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Inf Mr JA Scott. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 11.03.64. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 16 NW 8 - March, 1964. |
| <6> | Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 8. |
| <7> | Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p 31. |
