It should not be assumed that this site is publicly accessible and it may be on private property. Do not trespass.

Monument details

HER Number:	TR 24 NW 13
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	C.500 AD silver spoon

Summary

Anglo Saxon silver spoon found circa 1864. It possibly dates to about 500 and was found in a field on the opposite side of the Canterbury-Dover road.

The find spot is above the brow of a south-west facing Chalk slope. OD 120-125m.

Grid Reference:	TR 2263 4852
Map Sheet:	TR24NW
Parish:	BARHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Unknown - 500 AD)

Associated Finds

SPOON (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 500 AD)

Full description

If you do not understand anything on this page please contact us.

[Name TR 22634852]. Anglo-Saxon Silver Spoon found c.AD 1864 [NAT] (1) A silver spoon, which "is a genuine piece of Teutonic art probably but not certainly of Anglo-Saxon origin, and of a date somewhere about 500 AD," was found in a field on the opposite side of the Canterbury-Dover road to the Halfway Inn, "about sixty years ago" ie. c.1855. (2) No further information could be gained during fieldwork. (3) Additional bibliography. (4)

<1> OS 25" 1962 (OS Card Reference). SKE48278.

<2> Arts in Early England 4 1915 407-8 illust (G B Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE37363.

<3> F1 FGA 22-APR-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42958.

<4> Ant J 19 1939 314 (J B W Perkins) (OS Card Reference). SKE33147.

<5> Field report for monument TR 24 NW 13 - April, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5674.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1962.
<2>	OS Card Reference: Arts in Early England 4 1915 407-8 illust (G B Brown).
<3>	OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 22-APR-64.
<4>XY	OS Card Reference: Ant J 19 1939 314 (J B W Perkins). [Mapped feature: #46434 find, ]
<5>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 24 NW 13 - April, 1964.