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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 SW 29
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Anglo-Saxon weapons, Parrington Lane, Snodland

Summary

Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery, Snodland. Ante 1893. Raven informed Payne that when Parrington Lane, leading to the Roman barrow (TQ 66 SE 18) was made, Anglo-Saxon swords, spear-heads and knives were found, which were then in his possession. These finds were made 0.25 mile West of the cemetery later discovered at Holborough

Grid Reference:TQ 701 627
Map Sheet:TQ76SW
Parish:SNODLAND, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

  • CEMETERY? (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)

Associated Finds

  • KNIFE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)
  • SPEAR (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)
  • SWORD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)

Full description

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[TQ 7013 6270] Saxon remains found when Parrington Lane was made. (1) Saxon swords, spear-heads and knives were found when the new road which leads from Holborough towards the mound [Holborough Barrow see TQ 66 SE 18] was made. In possession of Mr Raven. (2) No further information. (3) TQ 701 627 Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery, Snodland. Ante 1893. Raven informed Payne that when Parrington Lane, leading to the Roman barrow (TQ 66 SE 18) was made, Anglo-Saxon swords, spear-heads and knives were found, which were then in his possession. These finds were made 0.25 mile W of the cemetery later discovered at Holborough (TQ 66 SE 14). Ante 1928. (4)

Additonal Info(6)


Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document).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

<1> Rec 6" (O G S Crawford undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE49046.

<2> Coll Cant 1893 p.137 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE39166.

<3> F1 CFW 30-JUN-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42836.

<4> Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 137 (A Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43548.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 76 SW 29 - June, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4190.

<6> Lawson-Price Environmental, 1996, Specification for Archaeological & Historical Landscape Baseline Studies: Holborough (Unpublished document). SKE7127.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent.
<1>OS Card Reference: Rec 6" (O G S Crawford undated).
<2>XYOS Card Reference: Coll Cant 1893 p.137 (G Payne). [Mapped feature: #24381 find, ]
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 30-JUN-59.
<4>OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 137 (A Meaney).
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 SW 29 - June, 1959.
<6>Unpublished document: Lawson-Price Environmental. 1996. Specification for Archaeological & Historical Landscape Baseline Studies: Holborough.