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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 35 SE 20 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early Medieval Inhumation, Redsull Avenue, Deal |
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Summary
A grave with a male skeleton, orientated south west-north east, was found in 1939 at a depth of 5ft. during the excavtion of an air-raid shelter in the garden of 7 Redsull Avenue, Mill Hill, Deal. The burial presupposes that of a Jute, but as no associated objects were found. This isolated grave is probably associated with an Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Cross refer to TR 35 SE 67, TR 35 SE 19 and TR 35 SE 51
The site lies on the upper slope of Mill Hill ridge, facing north-east. OD 20-25m.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3629 5115 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35SE |
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| Parish: | DEAL, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BURIAL (BURIAL, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? (at some time) to 700 AD? (at some time))
Full description
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[TR 3630 5114] A grave with a male skeleton, orientated south west-north east, was found in 1939 at a depth of 5ft. during the excavtion of an air-raid shelter in the garden of 7 Redsull Avenue, Mill Hill, Deal. " ... the burial presupposes that of a Jute, but as no associated objects were found nothing more definite can be said." (1) The air raid shelter is centred at TR 3629 5114. (2) This isolated grave is probably associated with an Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Cross refer to TR 35 SE 67, TR 35 SE 19 and TR 35 SE 51. (3)
Additional reference (4)
Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE29253.
<1> Arch Cant 51, 1939, 206 (W P D Stebbing) (OS Card Reference). SKE35273.
<2> F1 ASP 02.07.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41884.
<3> Gaz of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964, 117 (A L S Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43513.
<4> Field report for monument TR 35 SE 20 - July, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6087.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | ---XY | Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent. [Mapped feature: #58408 burial, ] |
| <1> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 51, 1939, 206 (W P D Stebbing). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 02.07.64. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964, 117 (A L S Meaney). |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 35 SE 20 - July, 1964. |
