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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 15 SE 6 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Site of a number of Saxon barrows, near Court Lodge farm, Bishopsbourne |
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Summary
Site of nine Saxon barrows, standing by the side of a Roman road. First excavated in 1771, ten chalk-cut graves were found all on an east west orientation. There were very few grave goods; there were three coffins, two knives, three pots and a pin. The mounds were later identified as Roman. The site has since been subject to ploughing and there is no trace of these Barrows remaining.
Grid Reference: | TR 191 530 |
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Map Sheet: | TR15SE |
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Parish: | BISHOPSBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARROW (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- INHUMATION (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BARROW (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
- COFFIN (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
- INHUMATION (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- KNIFE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
- PIN (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
- SHERD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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TR 191530. Nine barrows, standing by the side of a Roman road, were excavated by Fausett (a) in 1771. He found ten chalk-cut graves, heads to west. They were very sparcely furnished, but finds included three coffins (one said to have been burnt), two knives, three pots and a pin. [Jessup notes a large barrow circle in the area TR 190531: he thought it possibly Roman. See TR 15 SE 5]. (1) Bourne Park is now under plough and there is no trace of these barrows. (2)
<1> Invent Sepulchrale 1856 95-100 (B Fausett Jnr) (OS Card Reference). SKE44495.
<2> Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 110 (Audrey Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43525.
<3> F1 FGA 19.01.65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42939.
<4> Field report for monument TR 15 SE 6 - January, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5474.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | OS Card Reference: Invent Sepulchrale 1856 95-100 (B Fausett Jnr). |
<2>XY | OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 110 (Audrey Meaney). [Mapped feature: #43931 barrows, ] |
<3> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 19.01.65. |
<4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 15 SE 6 - January, 1965. |