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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NW 14
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Saxon glass beaker and other finds, Reculver

Summary

Possible Saxon inhumations indicated by finds of a glass beaker, necklace, pottery and beads at Reculver. Some of the finds are in Canterbury Museum, accession number RM 2625

Grid Reference:TR 22 69
Map Sheet:TR26NW
Parish:HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BEAD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • BEAKER (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • NECKLACE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • SHERD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Full description

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A Saxon green glass beaker, now in Canterbury Museum, and other Saxon objects have been found at Reculver (1). On exhibition in Maidstone Museum is a porosphaera necklace found in the sea off Reculver, ex Saxon graves. (Acc. No. 42 1949, obtained from the Ashmolean Museum). In Herne Bay Museum is exhibited an embossed Saxon burial urn from Reculver, formerly possessed by A. Colland of Reculver, repaired and presented by the late Dr. Armstrong Bowes. The glass beaker cannot be traced at the Royal Museum, Canterbury, but an A/S bead from Reculver is exhibited (Acc. No. RM 2625) (2). No further information could be gained about the exact provenance or date of finding of the above objects (3). Additional references (4-7).


<1> Pagan Saxondom pl II (JV Akerman) (illus) (OS Card Reference). SKE48480.

<2> Richborough Reculver and Lymme 213 (CR Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE49258.

<3> VCH Kent 1 1908 361 (RA Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE50849.

<4> F1 ASP 28.11.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42328.

<5> Gaz of Early AS Burial sites 1964 133 (ALS Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43544.

<6> Field report for monument TR 26 NW 14 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5849.

<7> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 14 (Index). SWX11836.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Pagan Saxondom pl II (JV Akerman) (illus).
<2>OS Card Reference: Richborough Reculver and Lymme 213 (CR Smith).
<3>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 361 (RA Smith).
<4>XYOS Card Reference: F1 ASP 28.11.63. [Mapped feature: #50446 finds, ]
<5>OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early AS Burial sites 1964 133 (ALS Meaney).
<6>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NW 14 - November, 1963.
<7>Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 14.