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Monument details

HER Number:TR 04 NE 11
Type of record:Monument
Name:Early medieval inhumation burial, Wye

Summary

An early-medieval grave was found during repair work on the Wye to Dover road. The inhumation contained a male skeleton, a shield umbo, a sword, a glass drinking cup and a number of smaller objects. It is thought that a cone-beaker and squat jar from the Wye-downs are most probably originally from this grave.

Grid Reference:TR 07 46
Map Sheet:TR04NE
Parish:WYE WITH HINXHILL, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • INHUMATION (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)

Associated Finds

  • CUP (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • SHIELD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • SWORD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)

Full description

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An Anglo-Saxon grave was found during repairs to the Wye-Dover road at the foot of the hill about a mile from Wye. It contained a male skeleton, a shield umbo, a sword, a glass drinking cup and some smaller objects. (1) A Cone-Beaker and Squat Jar from Wye Down, probably from this grave. (2) Additional bibliography (3-4)


<1> Gents Mag Library Arch pt II 1886 249 (OS Card Reference). SKE43599.

<2> Dark Age Britain 1956 159 Grp B III a ii 2 164 Grp B VIII a iii 9 (D B Harden) (OS Card Reference). SKE39588.

<3> A Gazetteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites 1964 108 (A Meaney (OS Card Reference). SKE32786.

<4> Helen Geake, 1997, The use of grave-goods in conversion-period England, c.600-c.850 (Monograph). SKE54254.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Gents Mag Library Arch pt II 1886 249.
<2>OS Card Reference: Dark Age Britain 1956 159 Grp B III a ii 2 164 Grp B VIII a iii 9 (D B Harden).
<3>OS Card Reference: A Gazetteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites 1964 108 (A Meaney.
<4>Monograph: Helen Geake. 1997. The use of grave-goods in conversion-period England, c.600-c.850.