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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NE 117 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery, Brooksend Stream, Birchington |
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Summary
A possible Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery, pre-1987 aerial photographs revealed a probable Bronze age barrow group and a flat cemetery. The cemetery may be prehistoric but thought by perkins to be Anglo-Saxon.
The site lies on a low spur, overlooking Brooksend Stream. OD 10-15m.
| Grid Reference: | TR 287 688 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CEMETERY (Early Bronze Age to Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 2350 BC to 1065 AD)
Full description
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A possible Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery, pre-1987 aerial photographs revealed a probable Bronze age barrow group and a flat cemetery. The cemetery may be prehistoric but thought by perkins to be Anglo-Saxon.
The site lies on a low spur, overlooking Brooksend Stream. OD 10-15m.
Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document).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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000.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. |
