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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 28 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Belgic pot containing cremated human remains |
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Summary
Belgic pot containing cremated human remains
| Grid Reference: | TR 1985 5874 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | LITTLEBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CREMATION (CREMATION, Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
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[TR 19855874] Belgic pot containing cremated human remains found at depth of 18 ins. in gravel, 1951. (1) An early 1st c. AD Belgic jar containing a cremation burial, was foundin 1951 by Mr. Wood, labourer, of 49 Whitstable Road, while planting fruit trees. The approximate findspot, at TR 19855874, was pointed out to Mr. Jenkins by Mr. Wood. Donated to the Royal Museum, Canterbury, Acc. No. RM 8400. (2) Additional bibliography. (3)
<1> Corr 6" (F Jenkins) 1952 (OS Card Reference). SKE39267.
<2> Royal Museum Acc Reg (OS Card Reference). SKE49345.
<3> F1 ASP 05-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE41940.
<4> Inf F Jenkins (Hon Corr) (OS Card Reference). SKE44317.
<5> BAR 90 (ii) Burial Practices in Iron Age Britain 1981 382 (R Whimster) (OS Card Reference). SKE37575.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Corr 6" (F Jenkins) 1952. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Royal Museum Acc Reg. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 05-FEB-65. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Inf F Jenkins (Hon Corr). |
| <5>XY | OS Card Reference: BAR 90 (ii) Burial Practices in Iron Age Britain 1981 382 (R Whimster). [Mapped feature: #43388 cremation, ] |
