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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 SW 12
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Early-medieval objects, Upstreet (Grove Ferry), Chislet

Summary

Early-medieval/ Anglo-Saxon grave with grave goods. These included a silver-inlaid sword pommel, 2 sheild bosses and a Frankish pottery bottle. A kdney shaped bronze weight was found in the vicinity of Grove Ferry. The finds form part of the Copeland Collection in Canterbury Museum, accession numbers RM 861 and 1975,6.

Grid Reference:TR 23 63
Map Sheet:TR26SW
Parish:CHISLET, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

  • BOTTLE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • NECKLACE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • SHIELD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • SWORD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Full description

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Anglo-Saxon antiquities from Grove Ferry exhibited by A.J. Copeland in 1894 and 1896:- Sword pommel. Two iron shield umbos. Bronze weight. (1) The majority of the Copeland Collection is in store at the Royal Museum, Canterbury; the items listed above were not on exhibition and were not traced in the Accessions Register. The following items from the Copeland Collection also come from Grove Ferry but no details of date or circumstances of finding are known:- (i) A wheel-made Jutish bottle, Acc. No. RM 861. (ii) Two Saxon necklaces, Acc. Nos. RM 1975, 6. (2) Additional bibliography. (3)


<1> PSA 2nd ser vol 15 1893-'5 178 (OS Card Reference). SKE48804.

<2> F1 CFW 27.11.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42777.

<3> Gaz of Early AS Burial sites 1964 122 (ALS Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43533.

<4> Field report for monument TR 26 SW 12 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5896.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: PSA 2nd ser vol 15 1893-'5 178.
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 27.11.63.
<3>XYOS Card Reference: Gaz of Early AS Burial sites 1964 122 (ALS Meaney). [Mapped feature: #51354 find, ]
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 SW 12 - November, 1963.

Related records

TR 26 SW 198Parent of: Site of possible Saxon cemetery, north east Upstreet (Monument)