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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NE 122 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible grave, Birchington |
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Summary
A cut in the chalk near the sea front at Birchington was identified as the possible remains of a grave. Pottery sherds were removed from the fill of this feature, but their date is not known.
| Grid Reference: | TR 288 698 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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TR 288698. Possible grave. A downcutting in chalk with potsherds in the infill and possibly a longitudinally sectioned grave. (1) For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (2).
<1> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 202 (OS Card Reference). SKE44588.
<2> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p23 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 202. [Mapped feature: #49981 burial, ] |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p23. |
