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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 27 SE 1 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Prob 1st century AD inhumation, Minnis Bay, Birchington |
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Summary
Erosion of the cliff at Minnis Bay in 1961 revealed a chalk cut grave containing an inhumation burial. This comprised a skull with 3 large nails about it, the remains of a drinking vessel and a patera. Thought to date to the 1st century. The finds are held in the Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex Park.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2964 7005 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR27SE |
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| Parish: | BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- DRINKING VESSEL (Late Iron Age - 0 AD to 42 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Late Iron Age - 0 AD to 42 AD)
- NAIL (Late Iron Age - 0 AD to 42 AD)
- PATERA (Late Iron Age - 0 AD to 42 AD)
Full description
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Erosion of the cliff at Minnis Bay in 1961 revealed a chalk cut grave containing a probably 1st c. AD inhumation. This comprised a skull with 3 large nails about it, the remains of a drinking vessel and a patera. The finds are held in the Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex Park; find spot at TR 2964 7005 pointed out by Miss Powell-Cotton. (1-3)
<1> Oral: Miss Powell-Cotton Quex Park, Birchington. (OS Card Reference). SKE48055.
<2> F1 CFW 07-OCT-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42474.
<3> Field report for monument TR 27 SE 1 - October, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5907.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Oral: Miss Powell-Cotton Quex Park, Birchington.. |
| <2>XY | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 07-OCT-63. [Mapped feature: #51803 burial, ] |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 27 SE 1 - October, 1963. |
