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Monument details

Summary

Anglo Saxon inhumation, probably part of Bekesbourne cemetery (TR 15 NE 1), was found in the garden of `Homestead' at Bekesbourne Aerodrome in 1936. The inhumation was found with grave goods of beads and a brooch which are in Canterbury Museum.

The site lies on the crest of a chalk hill on the SE side of the Stour valley. OD c.40m.

Monument Types

• BURIAL (BURIAL, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 575 AD)

Associated Finds

• BEAD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 575 AD)
• BOTTLE (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 575 AD)
• BROOCH (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 575 AD)

Full description

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In 1936 a Jutish inhumation was discovered in the back garden of 'Homestead', Bekesbourne Aerodrome,which is centred at TR 2002 5550. The present occupiers know nothing of the discovery. It was accompanied by a bronze brooch with ring and dot ornament, a string ofbeads and a Jutish bottle, since lost. The brooch and beads are in Canterbury Museum (Acc Nos 7515-6). The burial is clearly an outlier of Bekesbourne cemetery [cf TR 15 NE 1]. (1) Additional bibliography. (2)

Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document).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

<1> Arch Cant 64 1951 xliii-iv (OS Card Reference). SKE35389.

<2> Arch News Letter March 1951 147 (OS Card Reference). SKE36784.

<3> Rec 6" (O G S Crawford undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE49046.

<4> Canterbury Royal Museum Accessions Register (OS Card Reference). SKE38556.

<5> F1 ASP 07-JUL-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41983.

<6> Gaz of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964 109 (A L S Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43506.

<7> Field report for monument TR 25 NW 31 - July, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5750.

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