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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 SE 10 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Tumulus with possible cist, Sandown, near Teynham |
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Summary
In the late 19th century, a small tumulus was reported at the top of Sandown Hill Excavation unearthed a small quantity of Iron Age pottery accompanied by bone fragments and charcoal. There was evidence for a cist, long since emptied. By the 1960s, the tumulus had been removed.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9637 6250 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96SE |
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| Parish: | TEYNHAM, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARROW (BARROW, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- CIST (CIST, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Barrow/ring ditch, earthworks and Neolithic and Iron Age settlement evidence, Sandown |
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Full description
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[TQ 96376250] Tumulus [NR] (site of) [NAT] (1) In a small coppice on the summit of Sandown, is a tumulus or barrow, which, from the hollowness at the top of it, seems to have been plundered of its contents. Excavation of a slightly elevated part upon Sandown revealed coarse Celtic pottery fragments with one or two pieces of bone, embedded in burnt earth and charcoal. It appeared that an oblong cist had been dug out, about 5ft long and 14ins wide. Whether the deposit was sepulchral could not be ascertained (2). Teynham: the earthwork or barrow at Sandown in this parish thought to be a Roman camp, has proved by excavation to be earlier. [see also TQ 96 SE 11] (3). Additional reference (4). The site of this barrow, which falls upon the highest point of Sandown, is still indicated by a faint, levelled mound in an orchard (5). There are no remains of this barrow. It was probably finally destroyed when the orchard was re-planted a few years ago (6). Additional reference (7,8).
Visible on a Google Earth image of 2013 as a ring ditch. A possible crosstrees is visible within the mound, though this could be the remains of the 19th century excavation.
<1> OS 6" 1909 (OS Card Reference). SKE48324.
<2> Coll Cant 1893 89-91 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE39157.
<3> VCH Kent 3 1932 172 RB Kent (Taylor Jessup and Hawkes) (OS Card Reference). SKE51107.
<4> Teynham Manor and Hundred 1935 107 (E Selby) (OS Card Reference). SKE49842.
<5> F1 ASP 05-NOV-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE41948.
<6> F2 CFW 23-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE43273.
<7> Field report for monument TQ 96 SE 10 - November, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4895.
<8> Field report for monument TQ 96 SE 10 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4896.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1909. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: Coll Cant 1893 89-91 (G Payne). [Mapped feature: #35331 burial, ] |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 3 1932 172 RB Kent (Taylor Jessup and Hawkes). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Teynham Manor and Hundred 1935 107 (E Selby). |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 05-NOV-59. |
| <6> | OS Card Reference: F2 CFW 23-JUL-63. |
| <7> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 SE 10 - November, 1959. |
| <8> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 96 SE 10 - July, 1963. |
