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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 SW 6
Type of record:Monument
Name:Saxon cemetery and Roman finds, near Buckland Farm, Cliffe

Summary

An Anglo-Saxon cemetery found during railway excavations in 1890. Finds included an iron spearhead, the bronze fittings of a belt, two coins of Nero and Maximian and the remains of the base of a Roman Skillet represented by a bronze disc with raised concentric circles. Bones were transported away from the site and it is thought far more finds probably went with them. Cemetery dated to the early 6th century. The present whereabouts of the finds is uncertain.

The site lies on the upper part of a low spur, sloping gently north-west. OD 15-20m.

Grid Reference:TQ 733 747
Map Sheet:TQ77SW
Parish:CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • CEMETERY (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 500 AD to 532 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SKILLET (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • DISC (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 500 AD to 532 AD)
  • SPEAR (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 500 AD to 532 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 500 AD to 532 AD)

Full description

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[Name at TQ73457470] Site of Saxon Burial Ground (T.I.] (1) "At CLIFFE - AT - HOO, railway excavations near the Rectory in 1880 brought to light an Anglo - Saxon cemetery, from which very little was recovered. An iron spearhead, the bronze fittings of a belt, a bronze disc with raised concentric circles (evidently the base of a Roman skillet), and two coins, of Nero and Maximian, passed into the hands of Mr William Wood, but much more was probably carted away with the large quantity of bones discovered." (2) [Similar inf.] (3) This cemetery dates from the early part of the 6th cent. (4) The present location of finds from ths site was not ascertained. (5) No further information. (6) Additional bibliography. (7-8)


<1> OS 6" 1939-40 (OS Card Reference). SKE48360.

<2> VCH Kent Vol 1 (1908) 377 (OS Card Reference). SKE51187.

<3> Arch Cant Vol 13 1880 562 (C Roach Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE36374.

<4> Arch Cant Vol 55 1942 15 (RF Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE36405.

<5> F1 EG 02-JUL-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42861.

<6> F2 FGA 26-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43333.

<7> Gaz of Early AS burial sites 1964 115 (A Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43527.

<8> The Arts in Early Eng 1915 629 (G Baldwin Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE50083.

<9> Field report for monument TQ 77 SW 6 - July, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4281.

<10> Field report for monument TQ 77 SW 6 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4282.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1939-40.
<2>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent Vol 1 (1908) 377.
<3>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant Vol 13 1880 562 (C Roach Smith). [Mapped feature: #26088 cemetery, ]
<4>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant Vol 55 1942 15 (RF Jessup).
<5>OS Card Reference: F1 EG 02-JUL-59.
<6>OS Card Reference: F2 FGA 26-OCT-64.
<7>OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early AS burial sites 1964 115 (A Meaney).
<8>OS Card Reference: The Arts in Early Eng 1915 629 (G Baldwin Brown).
<9>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 SW 6 - July, 1959.
<10>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 SW 6 - October, 1964.