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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 SE 6
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of a number of Saxon barrows, near Court Lodge farm, Bishopsbourne

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
Map Sheet:TR15SE
Parish:BISHOPSBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT

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>XYOS 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.