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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 SW 22
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Saxon lead weight, Grove, Wickhambreaux

Summary

Saxon lead weight found in gravel pit at Grove Corner. The find is in the British Museum. Meaney says that the weight is made of bronze and is kidney-shaped OD less than 5m.


Grid Reference:TR 239 619
Map Sheet:TR26SW
Parish:WICKHAMBREAUX, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

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

Full description

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Saxon lead weight found in gravel pit at Grove Corner. British Museum. (1-2)


<1> CW Phillips DA Index (OS Card Reference). SKE39539.

<2> A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964 121 122 (ALS Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE32788.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: CW Phillips DA Index.
<2>XYOS Card Reference: A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964 121 122 (ALS Meaney). [Mapped feature: #51462 Find, ]