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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 NE 9
Type of record:Monument
Name:late Bronze Age cremation

Summary

late Bronze Age cremation burial

Grid Reference:TR 3795 4660
Map Sheet:TR34NE
Parish:RINGWOULD WITH KINGSDOWN, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • CREMATION (CREMATION, Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

  • POT (Middle Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1150 BC)

Full description

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A late Bronze Age cremation in a bucket urn was found in April 1936 ina trench for a water main for two new bungalows on the chalk down halfa mile south of the Kingsdown Golf Club House and 30 yards from the edge of the cliff. It was a hole 2' 3" diameter cut 2' 6" into the solid chalk and is now on display in Deal Castle Museum, Stebbing Collection. The site is shown by Stebbing (c) at approx. TR 39754660, where there are two bungalows called Hope Bay Studios. (1) additional bibliography (2-6)


<1> Arch Cant 48 1936 235 (W P D Stebbing) (OS Card Reference). SKE35229.

<2> Ant J 17 1937 73-5 illus (W P D Stebbing) (OS Card Reference). SKE33141.

<3> Stebbing MSS, Deal Library (OS Card Reference). SKE49676.

<4> F1 FGA 04.06.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42887.

<5> Field report for monument TR 34 NE 9 - June, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5915.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 48 1936 235 (W P D Stebbing).
<2>XYOS Card Reference: Ant J 17 1937 73-5 illus (W P D Stebbing). [Mapped feature: #51935 burial, ]
<3>OS Card Reference: Stebbing MSS, Deal Library.
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 04.06.64.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 34 NE 9 - June, 1964.