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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 56 NW 26
Type of record:Monument
Name:Saxon inhumation, Toll Bar Cottage, Eynsford, Sevenmoaks

Summary

Possible Saxon inhumation, 1 grave recorded and a flint implement were found in 1940 during excavations for an air raid shelter at Toll Bar Cottage, Eynsford.

The site lies at the base of a south facing slope, on the valley bottom,north of a bend in the River Datrent. OD 40m.

Grid Reference:TQ 5372 6566
Map Sheet:TQ56NW
Parish:EYNSFORD, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • HUMAN REMAINS (HUMAN REMAINS, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)

Associated Finds

  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Unknown date)

Full description

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Human remains (possibly Saxon) (2) and a large flint, with a roughly worked cutting edge, were found in 1940 during excavations for an air raid shelter at Toll Bar Cottage, Eynsford. In Greenfield's possession. (1) No further details on this inhumation were gained: the air-raid shelter is situated at TQ 53726566. (3)


Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE29253.

<1> E. Greenfield's Card Index. in Dartford Museum File Darent Valley, 942.23, General. (OS Card Reference). SKE41552.

<2> Letter (S.Hawkes, 23.10.63.) (OS Card Reference). SKE46083.

<3> F1 CFW 24-SEP-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42752.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 56 NW 26 - September, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2918.

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---Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000.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: E. Greenfield's Card Index. in Dartford Museum File Darent Valley, 942.23, General..
<2>OS Card Reference: Letter (S.Hawkes, 23.10.63.).
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 24-SEP-64.
<4>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 56 NW 26 - September, 1964. [Mapped feature: #44195 inhumation, ]