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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 25 SW 41 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Nine early medieval graves, Bishopsbourne, Canterbury |
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Summary
Anglo-Saxon inhumations identified at Barham. Nine flat graves discovered during cable-laying, but few bones survived and there were no grave goods. These are possibly an outlier of the cemetery.
The site lies on the Downland plateau. OD. approx.85m
| Grid Reference: | TR 200 523 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR25SW |
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| Parish: | BISHOPSBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GRAVE (GRAVE, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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TR 200 523 Nine flat Anglo-Saxon graves, Barham. but few bones survived and there were no grave goods. These are possibly an outlier of the cemetery(1)
Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE29253.
<1> Md Arch 11 1967 266 (DM Wilson and DG Hurst) (OS Card Reference). SKE46573.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent. |
| <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Md Arch 11 1967 266 (DM Wilson and DG Hurst). [Mapped feature: #48030 grave, ] |
