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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 SE 19 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age beaker, Romano-British urn, Barham |
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Summary
A Bronze Age beaker and a Romano British urn were found in 1932 during trenching operations by the Wingham Engineering Company of Canterbury in the valley leading to Covert Woods in Barham parish. The beaker is in Newbury Museum.
| Grid Reference: | TR 19 50 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15SE |
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| Parish: | BARHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- BEAKER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
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A small R.B. urn and 17 fragments of a late beaker (Abercromby B.1.) (2) were found during trenching operations by the Wingham Engineering Co. of Canterbury in 1932 in the valley leading to Covert Woods in Barham parish. The beaker is in Newbury (Berks) Museum. The find- spot was on the S.W. side of the Canterbury-Dover road and about a mile and a half from it, about 5 miles from Canterbury and 1 from Barham. (1) No information could be gained at the Wingham Engineering Co. on this find. The siting evidence suggest that the discovery was made in the vicinity of Covert Lane. (2)
<1> Ant. J. 14, 1934, 183-4 (illust.) (H.J.E. Peake) (OS Card Reference). SKE33230.
<2> Arch. Kent 1930, 93 (R.F. Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE37161.
<3> F1 FGA 19-JAN-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42947.
<4> Field report for monument TR 15 SE 19 - January, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5487.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Ant. J. 14, 1934, 183-4 (illust.) (H.J.E. Peake). [Mapped feature: #43945 Beaker, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Arch. Kent 1930, 93 (R.F. Jessup). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 19-JAN-65. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 15 SE 19 - January, 1965. |
