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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 250 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early Medieval/ Anglo Saxon burials, Helvellyn Avenue, Nethercourt, Ramsgate |
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Summary
Two inhumation burials, were found when the foundations for nos. 14 and 16 Helvellyn Avenue were dug. Thes contained grave goods, an iron spear head, sword (seax) and knife. Neolithic and Bronze age burials were also present at the site.
The site is on the brow of a gentle west facing slope. OD 35-40m. Chalk bedrock.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3679 6523 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BURIAL (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD (at some time) to 1065 AD (at some time))
Full description
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Two inhumation burials, were found when the foundations for nos. 14 and 16 Helvellyn Avenue were dug. Thes contained grave goods, an iron spear head, sword (seax) and knife. Neolithic and Bronze age burials were also present at the site.
Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE29253.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent. |
