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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 95 NE 4
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Early-medieval brooch, Belmont Park, Stalisfield Road,

Summary

Possible Anglo-Saxon inhumations indicated by finds including a square-headed Jutish brooch, have been found at Belmont Park.

Grid Reference:	TQ 98 56
Map Sheet:	TQ95NE
Parish:	OSPRINGE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 499 AD)
INHUMATION CEMETERY? (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Associated Finds

BROOCH (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 499 AD)

Full description

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Anglo-Saxon remains: miscellaneous antiquities: Belmont. A square- headed brooch of Jutish type, inlaid with garnets with cruciform design on foot, now at Canterbury, seems to have been found here, 3 miles S.W. of Faversham. (1) Saxon brooch found at Belmont. No particulars respecting the discovery are attached to it. (2) Additional references. (3)(4)
Pre-1964 The Ordanance Survey Index recorded Anglo-Saxon burials near the 90m (200ft) contour at Belmont.

Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document).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

<1> Coll Ant i pl xxii fig 6 (OS Card Reference). SKE39112.

<2> VCH Kent 1 1908 383 (Ed W Page) (OS Card Reference). SKE50864.

<3> Coll Ant 2 1852 163 plate xxxvii fig 5 (C R Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE39098.

<4> Gaz Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites 1964 109 (A Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43475.

<5> History of Kent 1799 (Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE44101.

<6> KARU Site no 5276 (OS Card Reference). SKE45601.

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---	Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000.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: Coll Ant i pl xxii fig 6.
<2>	OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 383 (Ed W Page).
<3>	OS Card Reference: Coll Ant 2 1852 163 plate xxxvii fig 5 (C R Smith).
<4>	OS Card Reference: Gaz Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites 1964 109 (A Meaney).
<5>	OS Card Reference: History of Kent 1799 (Hasted).
<6>	OS Card Reference: KARU Site no 5276.