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Monument details

HER Number:TR 04 NW 4
Type of record:Monument
Name:Anglo-Saxon inhumation burial, Boughton Aluph

Summary

An Anglo-Saxon burial was found between 1902 and 1904 at Tarbutt's chalk quarry near Boughton Aluph. The skeleton was found with a sword, an iron spearhead and ten Roman coins. The chalk quarry has long ceased to be function and no more is known about the discovery of these artefacts. It is thought that at present the finds are located in the Maidstone or Rochester Museums.

The site extends down the lower, south-east facing slopes of a chalk spur, overlooking the Stour Valley. OD 80-100m.

Grid Reference:TR 0372 4878
Map Sheet:TR04NW
Parish:BOUGHTON ALUPH, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

  • COIN HOARD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • CANDLE STAND (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • HINGE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • PICK (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • SPEAR (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
  • SPUR (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • SWORD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
  • TWEEZERS (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)

Full description

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(Area : TR 037488). An Anglo-Saxon burial was found between 1902 and 1904 at Boughton Aluph at Tarbutt's chalk quarry opposite Whitehall where the Wye-Challock road crosses the Pilgrim Road. The Skeleton was accompanied by a sword, iron spearhead, ten Roman coins, etc. Information from Mr H.F Abell of Kennington Hall. (1) The chalk quarry centred at TR 03724878 has long ceased to be worked and is covered with bushes and undergrowth. Nothing is known about the finds, at Maidstone or Rochester Museums. (2) additional bibliography (3-5)


<1> Arch Cant vol 27 1905 65 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE36390.

<2> F1 ASP 09-APR-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE42009.

<3> Field report for monument TR 04 NW 4 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5148.

<4> A Gazetteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites 1964 108 (A Meaney (OS Card Reference). SKE32786.

<5> 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: Arch Cant vol 27 1905 65 (G Payne).
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 09-APR-1963.
<3>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 04 NW 4 - May, 1963.
<4>XYOS Card Reference: A Gazetteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites 1964 108 (A Meaney. [Mapped feature: #39069 Burial, ]
<5>Monograph: Helen Geake. 1997. The use of grave-goods in conversion-period England, c.600-c.850.