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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 24 NW 21 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early-medieval cemetery, Broome Park, Canterbury |
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Summary
Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery was recorded during a gas pipeline construction in September 1969. Five graves were identified, one contained several inhumations. All the inhumations were orientated north-south. Grave goods included a bead and pottery. The finds are in the Royal Museum, Canterbury.
The site lies on a west facing slope. OD 95-100m.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2226 4884 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR24NW |
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| Parish: | BARHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CEMETERY (CEMETERY, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 700 AD to 799 AD)
Associated Finds
- BEAD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 700 AD to 799 AD)
- SHERD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 700 AD to 799 AD)
Full description
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TR 22264884. Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery cut by gas pipe line line September 1969. Five graves recognised, one containing several burials, all orientated north-south. Finds comprised a green bead and several potsherds, one 8th-9th century. Finds to go to Royal Museum, Canterbury. Find-site surveyed at 1:2500. (1)
<1> J Bradshaw 8 Forest Houses Challock (OS Card Reference). SKE44798.
<2> F1 CFW 17.11.69 (OS Card Reference). SKE42604.
<3> Field report for monument TR 24 NW 21 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5681.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: J Bradshaw 8 Forest Houses Challock. [Mapped feature: #46521 cemetery, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 17.11.69. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 24 NW 21 - November, 1969. |
