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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 37 SE 35 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Anglo Saxon inumation cemetery, Gas (Gorse) Alley, Margate |
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Summary
Early-medieval inumation cemetery, several graves were found 1840 in Gas Alley when the Gas Company was laying pipes for the gasworks. Grave goods including spearheads and a knife were recovered.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3573 7089 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR37SE |
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| Parish: | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Full description
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TR 35737089. There is a tradition that many skeletons were found in Gas (Gorse) Alley in 1840 when the Gas Company laid pipes. The burials were said to be side by side, and to have spears with them. Two human skeletons with an iron knife found in Gasworks Yard. These are to be associated with the above. Classified as "Inhumation Cemetery". (1,2) TR 358709. Anglo-Saxon burials discovered in the C19th (3). Information can be gleaned from authorities 1 and 2. (4). Additional reference (5).
<1> CW Phillips DA Index (OS Card Reference). SKE39539.
<2> Isle of Thanet Gaz Jan 1923 (A Rowe) (OS Card Reference). SKE44780.
<3> Gaz of Early AS Burials Sites 1964 128 (A Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43553.
<4> Thanet The Arch Heritage c1982 4 (Thanet Dist Coun & Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49892.
<5> Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Record No 8 (OS Card Reference). SKE44719.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: CW Phillips DA Index. [Mapped feature: #66901 cemetery, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Gaz Jan 1923 (A Rowe). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early AS Burials Sites 1964 128 (A Meaney). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Thanet The Arch Heritage c1982 4 (Thanet Dist Coun & Isle of Thanet Arch Unit). |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Record No 8. |
