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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 57
Type of record:Monument
Name:Undated crouched inhumation, Broadlees Bottom

Summary

An undated crouched inhumation, found in 1939 during excavation for an air raid shelter at Broadlees Bottom.


Grid Reference:TR 3302 4226
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:GUSTON, DOVER, KENT

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A crouched burial, probably Romano-British, (based on examination of skeleton) was found in 1939 while excavating for an air raid shelter trench behind Broadlees Bottom Married Quarters, to the east of Dover Castle, in Guston Parish. (1) The air raid shelter is at TR 33024226. (2) Burial suggested as earlier, poss Bronze Age by Dover Museum (3)

Additional information (5)


<1> Arch Cant 51 1939 217-18 (WPD Stebbing) (OS Card Reference). SKE35271.

<2> F1 ASP 01-JUN-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41870.

<3> Field report for monument TR 34 SW 57 - June, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6004.

<4> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Jon Iveson, Dover Museum: cited in P Roberts (EH) Assessment of Broadlees Bottom Car Park (1996 Unpu (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<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 Cluttons, 2002, Desk-Based Assessment of Dover Eastern Docks Supply Main (Unpublished document).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: Arch Cant 51 1939 217-18 (WPD Stebbing). [Mapped feature: #55211 burial, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 01-JUN-64.
<3>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 34 SW 57 - June, 1964.
<4>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Jon Iveson, Dover Museum: cited in P Roberts (EH) Assessment of Broadlees Bottom Car Park (1996 Unpu.
<5>Unpublished document: Cluttons. 2002. Desk-Based Assessment of Dover Eastern Docks Supply Main.