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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 48 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Early-medieval bone comb, Cannon Street, Dover |
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Summary
An Anglo Saxon bone comb in Dover Museum was found in Cannon Street, Dover, in 1880 on the premises of Sir R Dickeson. (location accurate to the nearest 50m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3190 4150 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
Associated Finds
- COMB (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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An Anglo Saxon bone comb in Dover Museum was found in Cannon Street (centred TR 319415) Dover, in 1880 on the premises of Sir R Dickeson. (1) The comb is not held by Dover Museum. It was probably lost when the museum was partly destroyed during the last war. No further information regarding circumstances of discovery has been found during fieldwork. (2-3)
<1> VCH Kent 1 1908 384 (R A Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE50868.
<1> Page, W. (ed), 1908, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volumne I, VCH Kent 1 1908 384 (R A Smith) (Monograph). SKE7882.
<2> Gaz of Early AS Burial sites 1964 117 (A L S Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43529.
<2> Audrey Meaney, 1964, Gazetteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites, Gaz of Early AS Burial sites 1964 117 (A L S Meaney) (Monograph). SKE32125.
<3> Field report for monument TR 34 SW 48 - May, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5996.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 384 (R A Smith). |
| <1> | Monograph: Page, W. (ed). 1908. The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volumne I. VCH Kent 1 1908 384 (R A Smith). |
| <2> | Monograph: Audrey Meaney. 1964. Gazetteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites. Gaz of Early AS Burial sites 1964 117 (A L S Meaney). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early AS Burial sites 1964 117 (A L S Meaney). |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 34 SW 48 - May, 1964. |
