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Monument details

Summary

A Jutish grave containing a skeleton, spearhead and knife, was found on Strood Hill, during the construction of Jersey and Castle View Roads. Another Jutish burial containing a skeleton, spearhead, and shield umbo was found on Woodstock Road in 1919. The 2 burials are sited on the brow of the hill.

Monument Types

• HUMAN REMAINS (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)
• INHUMATION (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)

Associated Finds

• HUMAN REMAINS (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
• KNIFE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
• SHIELD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
• SPEAR (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Full description

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['A' TQ 73016934] A Jutish grave containing a skeleton, spearhead and knife, was found on Strood Hill, at the junction of Jersey and Castle View Roads when these roads were being made. The finds are in Rochester Museum(1) Another Jutish grave[B] with skeleton, spearhead, and shield umbo was found on Mr Beckford Ball's property in Woodstock Road. (1-2) [B'] Sited at TQ 72956918; found 26.10.1918. (3) Additional bibliography. (4)

Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE29253.

<1> Arch Cant 23 1898 7 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE34861.

<2> Arch Cant 34 1920 158 (OS Card Reference). SKE35022.

<3> Kent Arch Soc 6" (OS Card Reference). SKE45875.

<4> F1 AC 04-OCT-51 (OS Card Reference). SKE41762.

<5> A Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 138 (ALS Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE32781.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 76 NW 20 - October, 1951 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4089.

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