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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NE 78
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Anglo-Saxon spearhead, Monkton, Thanet

Summary

An Anglo-Saxon spearhead was discovered in 1977 during the cutting of foundations for a silo. The find was dicovered in a feature cut into the chalk bedrock and it is thought to represent the remains of an Anglo-Saxon grave.

The site is on a low ridge, of a south-east facing slope, OD approx 17m.

Grid Reference:TR 277 652
Map Sheet:TR26NE
Parish:MONKTON, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? (at some time) to 1065 AD? (at some time))

Associated Finds

  • SPEAR (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)

Full description

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TR 276652 located to the nearest fifty metres. Anglo Saxon find discovered in 1977 during the cutting of footings for a silo. Conforms to Swanton's C2 type spearhead. Thanet SMR Site no 142. (1-4)


<1> Thanet Arch Heritage c1982 9 (Thanet Dist Council & Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49864.

<2> Arch Cant 101 1984 85 87 illus (DRJ Perkins and S Chadwick Hawkes) (OS Card Reference). SKE34603.

<2> Perkins, D. R. J. & Hawkes, S. C., 1985, The Thanet Gas Pipeline Phases I & II (Monkton Parish) 1982, Arch Cant 101 1984 85 87 illus (DRJ Perkins and S Chadwick Hawkes) (Article in serial). SKE11845.

<3> The Spearheads of the AS settlements 1973 51-5 (MJ Swanton) (OS Card Reference). SKE50517.

<4> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1987, Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive, Isle of Thanet Arch Unit SMA 1988 record no 142 (Collection). SKE11846.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Thanet Arch Heritage c1982 9 (Thanet Dist Council & Isle of Thanet Arch Unit).
<2>XYArticle in serial: Perkins, D. R. J. & Hawkes, S. C.. 1985. The Thanet Gas Pipeline Phases I & II (Monkton Parish) 1982. CI pages 83 - 114. Arch Cant 101 1984 85 87 illus (DRJ Perkins and S Chadwick Hawkes). [Mapped feature: #49518 find, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 101 1984 85 87 illus (DRJ Perkins and S Chadwick Hawkes).
<3>OS Card Reference: The Spearheads of the AS settlements 1973 51-5 (MJ Swanton).
<4>Collection: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1987. Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive. Isle of Thanet Arch Unit SMA 1988 record no 142.