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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 SW 23
Type of record:Monument
Name:Bronze hoard: U burial

Summary

Two bronze hoards, each in a pottery vessel, found close together near Sittingbourne; a human skeleton also recovered nearby

Grid Reference:TQ 9078 6410
Map Sheet:TQ96SW
Parish:SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • BURIAL (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC)
  • Hoard (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

  • AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • DAGGER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • GOUGE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • RING (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • URN (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • URN (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

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[TQ 9078 6410] Bronze weapons found A.D. 1824 [NAT] (1) A bronze gouge and four socketed celts found by Mr Vallance, on July 16th 1828, in brickfields at Sittingbourne, are now in Dover Museum. They were contained in an urn, together with 30lb. bronze or bell-metal. Another urn was discovered, about 3ft. away, containing a bronze dagger 12 inches long and six bronze rings - not finger rings. A skeleton lay 12ft. below the surface of the soil. The site is close to, but in no way connected with, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery (TQ 96 SW 27). (2)(3) The area is now waste ground formerly worked for brick-earth. No closer siting evidence than George Payne's small scale map (1.125 miles:1 inch) could be found. (4) Additional references. (5-7)


<1> OS 6" 1938-47 (OS Card Reference). SKE48354.

<2> JBAA 35 1879 196 (OS Card Reference). SKE44946.

<3> Coll Cant 1893 13-14 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE39131.

<4> F1 ASP 15-JUL-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42121.

<5> Arch J 1864 172 (OS Card Reference). SKE36589.

<6> Ancient Bronze Implements of GB 1881 467 (J Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE33064.

<7> The Archaeology of Kent 1930 108 (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE50077.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 96 SW 23 - July, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4950.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1938-47.
<2>OS Card Reference: JBAA 35 1879 196.
<3>OS Card Reference: Coll Cant 1893 13-14 (G Payne).
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 15-JUL-59.
<5>OS Card Reference: Arch J 1864 172.
<6>XYOS Card Reference: Ancient Bronze Implements of GB 1881 467 (J Evans). [Mapped feature: #65653 find, ]
<7>OS Card Reference: The Archaeology of Kent 1930 108 (R F Jessup).
<8>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 SW 23 - July, 1959.