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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NW 18 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Anglo Saxon sceatta, Reculver |
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Summary
Anglo Saxon sceatta found at the foreshore west of Reculver in 1953. It was lent to Maidstone Museum during the early 1960s
| Grid Reference: | TR 2247 6932 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NW |
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| Parish: | HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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Sceatta from the foreshore west of Reculver 1953. Lent to Maidstone Museum by Mr. B.J. Philp, and now on exhibition. (No Acc. No.) (1) Find-spot pointed out by Mr. Philp at TR 22476932. The sceatta is to be published by S.E. Rigold in Arch. Cant. (2). Additional references (3-7) and for site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (8).
<1> Arch Gaz (In progress) Anon Undated Maidstone Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE36506.
<2> F1 ASP 17.09.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42145.
<3> F2 AC 22.10.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE43060.
<4> Field report for monument TR 26 NW 18 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5852.
<5> Field report for monument TR 26 NW 18 - October, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5853.
<6> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 18 (Index). SWX11836.
<7> Metcalf, D.M., 1989, A plate of Anglo-Saxon coins found at Reculver, Kent in the 18th century (Article in serial). SWX7579.
<8> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 31 (Unpublished document).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: Arch Gaz (In progress) Anon Undated Maidstone Mus. [Mapped feature: #50492 Find, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 17.09.63. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F2 AC 22.10.63. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NW 18 - September, 1963. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NW 18 - October, 1963. |
| <6> | Index: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record. 18. |
| <7> | Article in serial: Metcalf, D.M.. 1989. A plate of Anglo-Saxon coins found at Reculver, Kent in the 18th century. 58, pages 126-9. |
| <8> | Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p 31. |
