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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 147
Type of record:Monument
Name:Anglo-Saxon Occupation, 12 St George's Street

Summary

Three pits yielding late Saxon pottery were excavated in two small trenches dug in cellars. A fourth pit produced several sherds possibly of the second half of the 8th century, but was not fully excavated.


Grid Reference:TR 1503 5768
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • PIT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 801 AD? to 900 AD?)

Full description

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Three pits yielding late Saxon pottery were excavated in two small trenches dug in cellars. A fourth pit produced several sherds possibly of the second half of the 8th century, but was not fully excavated.


Frere, S. S and Stow, S., 1983, Excavations in the St. George's Street and Burgate Street Areas. (Monograph). SKE29967.

Andrews, G., 1985, The Archaeology of Canterbury: An Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE30429.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Monograph: Frere, S. S and Stow, S.. 1983. Excavations in the St. George's Street and Burgate Street Areas..
---Unpublished document: Andrews, G.. 1985. The Archaeology of Canterbury: An Assessment.