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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 SE 16 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early-medieval burial (? cemetery), Burstead Wood, Upper Hardres |
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Summary
Possible Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery indicated by three inhumations, one accompanied by a spearhead, found by chalk diggers in Bursted Wood, Bishopsbourne, in 1749. In 1751 beads and a glass patera were also found.
| Grid Reference: | TR 16 50 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15SE |
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| Parish: | BISHOPSBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| UPPER HARDRES, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CEMETERY (CEMETERY, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 660 AD)
Associated Finds
- BEAD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- PATERA (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
Full description
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Faussett notes 3 skeletons with their feet to the north and a spearhead found by workmen in Bursted Wood, Bishopsbourne, in 1749. In 1751, 13 coloured pottery beads and a glass patera were found in the same place. Chadwick lists the site as an Anglo-Saxon cemetery. (1)(2) No further information. (3) Additional bibliography. (4)
Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE29253.
<1> Invent Sep 1856 36 (B Faussett) (OS Card Reference). SKE44489.
<2> Med Arch 2 1958 70 (S Chadwick) (OS Card Reference). SKE46747.
<3> F1 FGA 22.01.65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42956.
<4> Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 113 (ALS Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43526.
<5> Field report for monument TR 15 SE 16 - January, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5484.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent. |
| <1> | OS Card Reference: Invent Sep 1856 36 (B Faussett). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Med Arch 2 1958 70 (S Chadwick). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 22.01.65. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 113 (ALS Meaney). |
| <5>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 15 SE 16 - January, 1965. [Mapped feature: #43941 Cemetery, ] |
