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Monument details
| HER Number: | MKE116306 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Olantigh Mount, Wye, Ashford |
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Summary
Pre-1800 two skeletons and probable grave goods were found on the side of Olantigh Mount. Then before 1842 when the top of the mount was levelled for a bowling green 'bones etc' found.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0599 4823 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR04NE |
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| Parish: | WYE WITH HINXHILL, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BURIAL (Disused, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD (at some time) to 1065 AD (at some time))
Full description
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Pre-1800 two skeletons and probable grave goods (several small pieces of iron and two iron objects apparently spearheads), were found on the side of Olantigh Mount about 1.5m below the surface, when a sunk fence was dug.. Then before 1842 when the top of the mount was levelled for a bowling green 'bones etc' found, as repoted to Mr. Morris by Mr. Forster, rector of Crundale.
The site lies at the summit
Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document).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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000.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. |
