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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 190 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early Medieval / Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Springhead, Southfleet |
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Summary
Early Medieval / Anglo-Saxon cemetery of 70+ graves, 11 recorded. In 1997 feildwork ahead of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link by Wessex Archaeology established the existence of a C7th cemetery. Previously c.1884 Finds including an Anglo-Saxon disc brooch possibly from a burial and 1984 a square headed brooch were found. In 2003 further graves sites were found.
Monument Types
- BURIAL (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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Early Medieval / Anglo-Saxon cemetery of 70+ graves, 11 recorded. In 1997 feildwork ahead of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link by Wessex Archaeology established the existence of a C7th cemetery. Previously c.1884 during the construction of the Gravesend - Swanley railway. Finds including an Anglo-Saxon C5-6th copper alloy disc brooch possibly from a burial and in 1984 a square headed brooch were found. In 2003 a further 4 graves sites and 2 cremations , not excavated near to the original site.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Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document).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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000.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. |
