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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 36 SW 35
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Crouched Inhumation, Cliffs End

Summary

Crouched burial with bell beaker.

Grid Reference:	TR 3455 6479
Map Sheet:	TR36SW
Parish:	CLIFFSEND, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

CROUCHED INHUMATION (CROUCHED INHUMATION, Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 1501 BC?)

Associated Finds

POT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 2450 BC to 1800 BC)
HUMAN REMAINS (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 1501 BC?)
BEAKER (Early Bronze Age - 1950 BC? to 1900 BC?)

Full description

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TR 34576481. A bell beaker was found in 1967 in a drainage trench dug by Foreland Construction Ltd. at Cliffview Road, Cliffsend, approximately 80 feet from the junction with Clive Road. There were no apparent traces of a barrow. The beaker is in the possession of the Public Library, Ramsgate. (1)

The beaker accompanied a crouched burial (lying on left side with head to N) in a simple chalk cut grave. It was observed by Capt. Hogarth (a) whose details of siting suggest that the NGR be amended to TR 34556479. (2)

TR 346647. [Sited to nearest 50m] Bronze Age remains. Site no 170. (3)

TR 346648. A grave cut down through 1.2m of brickearth and into 0.6m of chalk was discovered here in 1967 during building work. The burial was accompanied by a bell beaker now with Ramsgate Public Library. (4)

<1> Macpherson-Grant, N., 1968, Investigations and Excavations During the Year: A Beaker From Cliffsend, Ramsgate, Arch Cant 83 1968 269 (N Macpherson-Grant) (Article in serial). SKE11885.

<2> F1 CFW 06-NOV-69 (OS Card Reference). SKE42455.

<3> Capt Hogarth (OS Card Reference). SKE38586.

<4> Thanet The Arch Heritage c 1982 10 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit) (OS Card Reference). SKE49880.

<5> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 1987, Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive, Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Record No 170 (Collection). SKE11846.

<6> Field report for monument TR 36 SW 35 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6290.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Article in serial: Macpherson-Grant, N.. 1968. Investigations and Excavations During the Year: A Beaker From Cliffsend, Ramsgate. Vol LXXXIII pages 269 - 270. Arch Cant 83 1968 269 (N Macpherson-Grant).
<2>	OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 06-NOV-69.
<3>	OS Card Reference: Capt Hogarth.
<4>	OS Card Reference: Thanet The Arch Heritage c 1982 10 (Thanet Dist Council and Isle of Thanet Arch Unit).
<5>XY	Collection: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 1987. Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit Sites and Monuments Archive. Isle of Thanet Arch Unit Sites and Mons Archive 1988 Record No 170. [Mapped feature: #66138 Burial, ]
<6>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 36 SW 35 - November, 1969.