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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NW 42 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Anglo-Saxon bucket mount |
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Summary
A thin ornamental plate of bronze, of triangular form and probable Anglo-Saxon date, was found between Sandgate and Dover. It is suggested as being a portion of the metal mountings of an object, such as a helmet.
| Grid Reference: | TR 20 35 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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| Parish: | SANDGATE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- BUCKET (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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The Anglo-Saxon bronze mount of a bucket, "stated to have been found between Sandgate and Dover", is in the British Museum. (1)(2) A thin ornamental plate of bronze, of triangular form and probable Anglo-Saxon date, was found between Sandgate and Dover. It is suggested as being a portion of the metal mountings of an object, such as a helmet. (3)
<1> Coll Ant 2 1852 162 (illust) (CR Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE39095.
<2> VCH Kent 1 1908 386 (RA Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE50879.
<3> Arch J 8 1851 177 (AW) (OS Card Reference). SKE36686.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Coll Ant 2 1852 162 (illust) (CR Smith). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 386 (RA Smith). |
| <3>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch J 8 1851 177 (AW). [Mapped feature: #45007 Find, ] |
