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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 NE 60 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early Medival / Anglo Saxon burial, St Monica's Road, Kingsdown |
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Summary
A grave containing one skeleton and accompaying grave goods, sword, seax, shield, spear and knife, was found in the 1960's, during digging a cesspit in the garden of a house ('Ty Rhos'), in St. Monicas's Road. Only the spearhead was recovered, now lost. The bones were reburied in the garden.
The site lies on the north facing brow of a chalk spur, overlooking the sea. OD about 30m.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3770 4860 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34NE |
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| Parish: | RINGWOULD WITH KINGSDOWN, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BURIAL (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- ARMOUR (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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A grave containing one skeleton and accompaying grave goods, sword, seax, shield, spear and knife, was found in the 1960's, during digging a cesspit in the garden of a house ('Ty Rhos'), in St. Monicas's Road. Only the spearhead was recovered, now lost. The bones were reburied in the garden.
The site lies on the north facing brow of a chalk spur, overlooking the sea. OD about 30m.
April 1999 - Dover Archaeological Group carried out a watching breifduring the construction of a house (TR37724865) some 30m. north-east of the burial site. No archaeolocical features were found
Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document).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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000.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. |
