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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 85 SW 22 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Anglo Saxon bead from sandpit north of Ashford Road, Hollingbourne |
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Summary
Anglo-Saxon bead found in a rabbit warren to the east of a sandpit, north of Ashford Road. The find was in Maidstone Museum in 1956.
The site is midway down a steep, north-west facing slope of a sandy spur. OD 75-80m.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8401 5359 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ85SW |
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| Parish: | HOLLINGBOURNE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- BEAD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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[TQ 84015360] A/S bead from sandpit to N of Ashford Road before Park Gate Inn. Found in rabbit warren in hazelwood to E of pit. In Maidstone Museum 1956. Information from Mr. and Mrs. Loosely, 89c Vinters Park, Maidstone. [Rough sketch plan.] (1) The bead is not held by Maidstone Museum and no further information about it can be found. The Looselys were probably 'sqatters', many of whom were removed from Vinters Park about 1956, and all trace of them has been lost. (2)
Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE29253.
<1> Maidstone Museum Arch Gazeteer (In progress) Anon Undated (OS Card Reference). SKE46410.
<2> F1 ASP 02-AUG-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41890.
<3> Field report for monument TQ 85 SW 22 - August, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4502.
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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000.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: Maidstone Museum Arch Gazeteer (In progress) Anon Undated. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 02-AUG-63. |
| <3>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 85 SW 22 - August, 1963. [Mapped feature: #29090 find, ] |
