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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 SW 76 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of Viking camp AD 892/893 |
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Summary
Possible site of Viking camp AD 892/893
| Grid Reference: | TQ 90 64 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96SW |
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| Parish: | SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- EARTHWORK (EARTHWORK, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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NGR TQ 90 64 (LO) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for AD 892/893 states; 'Then immediately afterwards Haesten came with 80 ships up the Thames estuary and made himself a fortress at Milton'. Richards (1991) and Taylor (1965) consider 'Milton' to have been Milton Regis, near Sittingbourne, but there is no trace of the Viking camp mentioned in the account. If there was a Viking camp at Milton Regis, it would probably have been in the area of Milton Creek, now and industrial estate. Geogrphically, the reference is, in fact, more likely to refer to Milton near Gravesend (TQ 65 74). (1-4). Additional reference (5).
<1> Struth P MAR-1994 RCHME Field Investigation (OS Card Reference). SKE49688.
<2> edited by Dorothy Whitelock, 1979, English historical documents: 1, c 500-1042, 1979, Page Nos. 201 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6380.
<3> Richards J D 1991 Viking Age England English Heritage Batsford London, Page Nos. 23 (OS Card Reference). SKE49252.
<4> by H M Taylor and Joan Taylor, 1965, Anglo-Saxon architecture : volume 1, 1965, Page Nos. 429 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6406.
<5> RCHME: Anglo Saxon Monasteries in Kent, Essex and Greater London (Collection). SKE6500.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Struth P MAR-1994 RCHME Field Investigation. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: edited by Dorothy Whitelock. 1979. English historical documents: 1, c 500-1042. 1979, Page Nos. 201. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Richards J D 1991 Viking Age England English Heritage Batsford London, Page Nos. 23. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: by H M Taylor and Joan Taylor. 1965. Anglo-Saxon architecture : volume 1. 1965, Page Nos. 429. |
| <5> | Collection: RCHME: Anglo Saxon Monasteries in Kent, Essex and Greater London. |
