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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 29 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age urn |
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Summary
Bronze Age pottery found in a gravel pit in 1925. Now in the British Museum, the vessels were described at the time as Bucket Urns, and assigned to the Late Bronze Age. Assuming the former is correct, the date is more likely to be Middle Bronze Age.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1909 5823 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | LITTLEBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Gravel pit where Bronze Age urns were found, 300m north of Canterbury Road, Littlebourne |
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Full description
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Three bucket urns found in gravel pit, 1925. Sherds in B.M. (1) [TR 19095823] Late Bronze Age bucket urns found A.D. 1925 (NAT) (2) The OS siting falls within a small disused and overgrown gravel pit. No further information. (3)
<1> Rec 6" (O.G.S. Crawford, undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE49052.
<2> Maidstone Museum 6" (Anon undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46363.
<3> OS 6" 1962 (OS Card Reference). SKE48371.
<4> F1 ASP 05-FEB-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE41940.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Rec 6" (O.G.S. Crawford, undated). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum 6" (Anon undated). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1962. |
| <4>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 05-FEB-65. [Mapped feature: #43389 Urn, ] |
