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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 30
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Bronze Age beaker

Summary

Bronze Age beaker found 1915.near Dover Castle


Grid Reference:TR 338 427
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

  • BEAKER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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TR 338427. A 'B' beaker was found in 1915 during the construction of an aerodrome about 200 yds from Dover Castle. (1) The aerodrome, reoccupied during the last war, was centred at TR 33804267. (a) No further siting information was gained during fieldwork. The beaker, type B1, is on display in Deal Castle Museum. (2)

Additional information (3-5)


<1> Ant J 16 1936 469 (illust) (RF Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE33136.

<2> Inf Mr Pascall Foreman, MOW, Dover Castle. (OS Card Reference). SKE44353.

<3> F1 ASP 01-JUN-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41870.

<4> Field report for monument TR 34 SW 30 - June, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5978.

<5> Cluttons, 2002, Desk-Based Assessment of Dover Eastern Docks Supply Main (Unpublished document). SKE8212.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: Ant J 16 1936 469 (illust) (RF Jessup). [Mapped feature: #55186 find, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: Inf Mr Pascall Foreman, MOW, Dover Castle..
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 01-JUN-64.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 34 SW 30 - June, 1964.
<5>Unpublished document: Cluttons. 2002. Desk-Based Assessment of Dover Eastern Docks Supply Main.