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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NE 137 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early medieval inhumation, Monkton |
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Summary
A skeleton with a knife and pottery was reportedly found in 1879 'on the line of the cart track joining the A253 to Minster road'. No further details about the discovery of this burial are known and it is uncertain where these finds are now located. It is suspected that the find may represent part of the Jutish cemetery just south of the A253. The exact location of this discovery is uncertain.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2888 6540 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | MONKTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- INHUMATION (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 500 AD? to 699 AD?)
Associated Finds
- KNIFE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)
- SHERD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)
Full description
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TR 290653. Anglo-Saxon burial. In 1879 a skeleton with a knife and pottery is said to have been found on the line of the cart track joining the A253 to Minster road, Monkton. Nothing further known. (1) Probably part of Jutish cemetery TR 26 NE 13.
<1> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1987, Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive, Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 242 (Collection). SKE11846.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Collection: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1987. Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive. Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Rec no 242. [Mapped feature: #50142 burial, ] |
Related records
| TR 26 NE 13 | Part of: Jutish Cemetery, Monkton, Thanet (Monument) |
