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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 SE 32 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early-medieval cemetery, Bishopbourne |
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Summary
5th century Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery excavated at Barham Downs, near Bishopsbourne in the early 1970.
the site lies on the brow of a steep west-south-west facing slope, overlooking the Little Stou. OD 70-75m.
| Grid Reference: | TR 197 525 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15SE |
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| Parish: | BISHOPSBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CEMETERY (CEMETERY, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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TR 197525. Anglo-Saxon cemetery, nr. Bishopsbourne, Barham Downs. (1) Additional bibliography. (2)
Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE29253.
<1> Md Arch 18 1974 179 (LE Webster and J Cherry) (OS Card Reference). SKE46587.
<2> DOE Arch Excav 1973 85-86 (AC Hogarth) (OS Card Reference). SKE40787.
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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000.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: Md Arch 18 1974 179 (LE Webster and J Cherry). |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: DOE Arch Excav 1973 85-86 (AC Hogarth). [Mapped feature: #43958 cemetery, ] |
