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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 21
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Early Bronze Age Pottery

Summary

An Early Bronze Age Beaker found in 1900 close to the Canterbury-Littlebourne Road is now in the Royal Museum, Canterbury.

Grid Reference:TR 15 57
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (POTTERY, Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

Associated Finds

  • BEAKER (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

Full description

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A type B.2. beaker in Canterbury Museum was found in 1900 near the Canterbury-Littlebourne road, about 3 miles from the former. Another from Canterbury is in B.M. (1,2,3) No further information (4)


<1> P S A 2nd ser 18 1899-1901 279 (F B Goldney) (OS Card Reference). SKE48446.

<2> Arch of Kent 1930 93 (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE36926.

<3> P P S 4 1938 97 (S Piggott) (OS Card Reference). SKE48444.

<4> F1 CFW 05.02.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42425.

<5> Thames Valley Archaeological Services, 2002, Nunnery Fields Hospital, Canterbury, Kent: An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment (Unpublished document). SKe8109.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: P S A 2nd ser 18 1899-1901 279 (F B Goldney).
<2>XYOS Card Reference: Arch of Kent 1930 93 (R F Jessup). [Mapped feature: #43382 Find, ]
<3>OS Card Reference: P P S 4 1938 97 (S Piggott).
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 05.02.63.
<5>Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Services. 2002. Nunnery Fields Hospital, Canterbury, Kent: An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment.