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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 37 SE 36 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Saxon inhumations, Dane Hill, Margate |
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Summary
Possible Saxon inhumations found in 1923 in gardens on the lower part of Dane Hill. These burials are situated on the slope and bottom of adry valley, running north-west towards the sea. OD5-10m. Also 2 skeletons were found in Gasworks yard along with a knife.
| Grid Reference: | TR 357 710 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR37SE |
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| Parish: | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- INHUMATION (INHUMATION, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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Area centred: TR 357710. Numerous human bones found in the gardens in the lower part of Dane Hill. Saxon?. (1) Not mentioned in the Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon burial sites. (2) Additional reference (3)
<1> CW Phillips DA Index (OS Card Reference). SKE39539.
<2> Isle of Thanet Gaz Jan 1923 (OS Card Reference). SKE44779.
<3> Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 (A Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43520.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: CW Phillips DA Index. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Isle of Thanet Gaz Jan 1923. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 (A Meaney). |
