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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 04 NE 109 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Anglo Saxon inhumation cemetry, Crundale Downs, Ashford |
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Summary
Anglo Saxon inhumation cemetry, Crundale Downs,excavation took place between 1861 -1895, unknown number of graves as none were recorded at the time and the original site location is not known.
One of the graves contained a sword with decorated pommel and 2 buckles, another grave containing 15 beads, silver rings, a pin and 2 pendants (1gold, 1silver). Other finds including 8 brooches, beads, pottery vessels and part of a glass vessel. These were part of Mr. Henry Durden’s collection and bequeathed to the British Museum.
A small square headed brooch and a rectangular Style I belt-plate, both dated early 6th Century are in the Canterbury Museum
The probable site lies on the east of Tremworth Down on the north-south Downland ridge, which exceeds OD 150m.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0854 4850 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR04NE |
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| Parish: | CRUNDALE, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Associated Finds
- JEWELLERY (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
- JEWELLERY (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
- RING (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
- SWORD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
- VESSEL (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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Anglo Saxon inhumation cemetery, Crundale Downs, excavation took place between 1861 -1895, none of the graves were recorded at the time and the original site locations are not known.
One of the graves contained a sword with decorated pommel and 2 buckles, another grave containing 15 beads, silver rings, a pin and 2 pendants (1gold, 1silver). Other finds including 8 brooches, beads, pottery vessels and part of a glass vessel. These were part of Mr. Henry Durden’s collection and bequeathed to the British Museum.
A small square headed brooch and a rectangular Style I belt-plate, both dated early 6th Century are in the Canterbury Museum.
Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE29253.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent. |
