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Monument details

HER Number:TR 13 NE 4
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Early-medieval fibulae and beads, Hillcrest Road, Hythe

Summary

Saxon fibulae, beads etc. found AD 1870 in old quarries North-West of Hythe.

The site is a disused quarry on the top of the hill overlooking Hythe, approx 300m to the north-west of St Leonards church. OD 55-60m.

Grid Reference:TR 1588 3506
Map Sheet:TR13NE
Parish:HYTHE, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BEAD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)

Full description

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[TR 15893507] Anglo-Saxon Remains found here [T.I.] (1) Anglo Saxon Fibulae, Beads etc. found A.D. 1870 [T.I.] (2) Anglo-Saxon fibulae, beads etc. discovered a short time ago, are now in the possession of Mr Mackison, F.R.G.S., of Hythe (a). (3) Saxon fibulae and a distaff, found at Hythe, were exhibited at a society meeting in 1863 by Mr. Mackeson. [It would appear that there is no authority for the O.S. dating for the discovery of these objects, assuming that the above authorities are referring to the same finds]. (4) Exhibited in Folkestone Museum is a portion of a square-headed brooch, c. 600 A.D., with niello decoration and inlaid with garnets, from quarries above Hythe. (No acc. number) (From this site?). The findspot lies in a disused quarry. (5) TR 158350. Inhumation burials. Old quarries north west of Hythe are marked as the site of Anglo-Saxon finds in 1870 on OS maps. Fibulae beads etc were said to have been found. (6,7)


Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document).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

<1> OS 6" 1877 (OS Card Reference). SKE48311.

<2> O.S. 25" 1898 (OS Card Reference). SKE47798.

<3> Original O.N.B., c.1872 [now destroyed] (OS Card Reference). SKE48101.

<4> Dark Ages Index No. 47 (O.G.S. Crawford) (OS Card Reference). SKE39598.

<5> Archaeol Cant. Vol.5, 1863, p.xli (OS Card Reference). SKE37263.

<6> F1 ASP 07-APR-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41976.

<7> Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 125 (A Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43537.

<8> VCH 1 1908 385 (R A Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE50794.

<9> Field report for monument TR 13 NE 4 - April, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5326.

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: OS 6" 1877.
<2>OS Card Reference: O.S. 25" 1898.
<3>OS Card Reference: Original O.N.B., c.1872 [now destroyed].
<4>OS Card Reference: Dark Ages Index No. 47 (O.G.S. Crawford).
<5>XYOS Card Reference: Archaeol Cant. Vol.5, 1863, p.xli. [Mapped feature: #41038 Find, ]
<6>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 07-APR-63.
<7>OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 125 (A Meaney).
<8>OS Card Reference: VCH 1 1908 385 (R A Smith).
<9>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 13 NE 4 - April, 1963.