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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 1734
Type of record:Monument
Name:Anglo-Saxon occupation. St George's Street

Summary

A number of Saxon pits had been cutthrough collapse deposits of Roman Bath House. These producded one jar of 6th to 7th century date and a number of late Saxon vessels.


Grid Reference:TR 1505 5769
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 501 AD to 1000 AD)
  • PIT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 501 AD to 1000 AD)
  • ROAD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 501 AD to 1000 AD)

Full description

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A number of Saxon pits had been cutthrough collapse deposits of Roman Bath House. These producded one jar of 6th to 7th century date and a number of late Saxon vessels.

8th-9th century loom weight fragment contained in a deposit that may have been street metalling.


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Andrews, G., 1985, The Archaeology of Canterbury: An Assessment (Unpublished document).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---Unpublished document: Andrews, G.. 1985.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