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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1595 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval Human Remains, 19 Oaten Hill |
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Summary
Some human bones were found (during the excavation of trenches?) and recorded for the Coroner at no 19 Oaten Hill in October 1981. Four skeletons were observed and recorded and were interpreted as probably from the graveyard to the disused church of St Sepulchre/cemetery of the Benedictine nunnery of St Sepulchre's Priory.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1525 5729 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HUMAN REMAINS (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Medieval - 1001 AD? to 1200 AD?)
Full description
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In April 1861 John Brent and the Kent Archaeological Society discovered and excavated Medieval burials from the cemetery of St Sepulchre at Cossington Road during the digging of cellars for new properties. Roman cremations and an ustrinum were also found.
Some human bones were found (during the excavation of trenches?) and recorded for the Coroner at no 19 Oaten Hill in October 1981. Four skeletons were observed and recorded and were interpreted as probably from the graveyard to the
disused church of St Sepulchre/cemetery of the Benedictine nunnery of St Sepulchre's Priory.
Brent, J., 1861, Roman cemeteries in Canterbury, with some conjectures concerning its earliest inhabitants (Article in serial). SKE17548.
Tatton-Brown, T., 1982, Miscellaneous Buildings 1982 (Article in serial). SKE30409.
Bennett, P., 1983, 1 Cossington Road (Article in serial). SKE30444.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Article in serial: Brent, J.. 1861. Roman cemeteries in Canterbury, with some conjectures concerning its earliest inhabitants. Arch Cant 4: 27-42. |
| --- | Article in serial: Tatton-Brown, T.. 1982. Miscellaneous Buildings 1982. |
| --- | Article in serial: Bennett, P.. 1983. 1 Cossington Road. |
