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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 76
Type of record:Monument
Name:Early-medieval grave, High Meadow, Dover

Summary

A single late 7th century, Anglo-Saxon grave was found in 1956, with grave goods including a ring, bead and bracteate. The site lies on the mid to lower part of a steep south-east facing Downland slope. OD 40m, Cold be part of Priory Hill cemetery.

Grid Reference:TR 3101 4197
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • BURIAL (BURIAL, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BEAD (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 600 AD to 699 AD)
  • RING (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 600 AD to 699 AD)

Full description

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A single late 7th c Anglo Saxon grave was found in 1956 during the building of a small garage at High Meadows, Dover, on waste land on the right bank of the Dour, immediately SW of London Road and the adjacent railway tunnel between Edred Road and Union Road. It was suggested that the grave might be an outlier of the Priory Hill cemetery). (1) There are only three garages which could apply here, all grouped together at TR 31014197, on the N side of Edred Road where they cut into the steep hillside. The particular garage, however, was not identified. (2) Anglo-Saxon grave at Dover. In 1956 when foundations were being dug for a garage on the west of the High Street, a grave was found containing a gold bracteate, bronze ring and pottery bead. This probably belongs to the same cemetery as the 1883/1889 site, which is less than 200 yds away. (3) additional references (4-5)


<1> Arch Cant 82 1967 283 (VI Evison) (OS Card Reference). SKE35745.

<2> F1 CFW 18-NOV-69 (OS Card Reference). SKE42635.

<3> Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 117 (ALS Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43530.

<4> Field report for monument TR 34 SW 76 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6020.

<5> Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE29253.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 82 1967 283 (VI Evison).
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 18-NOV-69.
<3>OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 117 (ALS Meaney).
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 34 SW 76 - November, 1969.
<5>XYUnpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent. [Mapped feature: #55251 graves, ]