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Monument details

HER Number:TR 16 NW 30
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Bronze Age Beaker

Summary

A complete Beaker (East Anglian type) was found in situ on the shoreline at Swalecliffe in October 1975 and is now in the Royal Museum, Canterbury.


Grid Reference:TR 136 677
Map Sheet:TR16NW
Parish:WHITSTABLE, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 1800 BC (at some time) to 1501 BC (at some time))

Associated Finds

  • BEAKER (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 1800 BC to 1500 BC)

Full description

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TR136677 Bronze Age c1800 B.C Swalecliffe (1) and additional references (2-4). In context with other BA finds in the inter-tidal zone, see (5) and site photographs (6,7).


<1> Arch. Cant. 93 1977 212 (T. Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE37070.

<2> Arch. Cant. 92 1976 235 (K.G.H Reedie) (OS Card Reference). SKE37068.

<3> Whitstable and Herne Bay Museums, Catalogue of accessions (Index). SWX9398.

<4> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 30 (Index). SWX11836.

<5> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 16 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

<6> 1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11613.

<7> 1982, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11612.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Arch. Cant. 93 1977 212 (T. Tatton-Brown).
<2>XYOS Card Reference: Arch. Cant. 92 1976 235 (K.G.H Reedie). [Mapped feature: #44207 find, ]
<3>Index: Whitstable and Herne Bay Museums. Catalogue of accessions.
<4>Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 30.
<5>Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p 16.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR1368/2. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1982. Photograph. TR1368/1. print.