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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 16 NE 10
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Early-medieval claw-beaker

Summary

Anglo-Saxon claw-beaker found during the 18th century in a sandpit at Broomfield, Reculver.

Grid Reference:	TR 197 667
Map Sheet:	TR16NE
Parish:	HERNE AND BROOMFIELD, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Associated Finds

BEAKER (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Full description

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An Anglo-Saxon claw-beaker, six and three quarter inches in height, found at Broomfield, Reculver, was acquired by Canterbury Museum 1904. On exhibition, Acc. No. RM 955. (1) The beaker was found in the 18th century in a sandpit. (a) The only identifiable sandpit in the Broomfield area, centred at TR 19906613, has not been worked for over 50 years and is now being filled in. (2)

<1> Inventory Book Royal Mus Canterbury (OS Card Reference). SKE44499.

<2> F1 CFW 23-SEP-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42735.

<3> Inf Mr Gough (curator) Herne Bay Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE44345.

<4> F2 ASP 29-NOV-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE43189.

<5> Field report for monument TR 16 NE 10 - September, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5516.

<6> Field report for monument TR 16 NE 10 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5517.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: Inventory Book Royal Mus Canterbury.
<2>XY	OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 23-SEP-63. [Mapped feature: #44118 Find, ]
<3>	OS Card Reference: Inf Mr Gough (curator) Herne Bay Mus.
<4>	OS Card Reference: F2 ASP 29-NOV-63.
<5>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 16 NE 10 - September, 1963.
<6>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 16 NE 10 - November, 1963.