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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 14 SE 213 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric Flintwork |
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Summary
Excavations at the site of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery ahead of a proposed extension at the site revealed prehistoric flintwork in the topsoil of their test pits.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1638 4168 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR14SE |
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| Parish: | LYMINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
Full description
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Canterbury Archaeological Trust and Dover Archaeological Group undertook excavations at the site of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery ahead of the construction of a new agricultural building.
Several graves were completely excavated and several partially excavated.
In addition prehistoric flintwork was recovered from the topsoil of test pits excavated at the site of an Anglo-saxon cremation and inhumation cemetery.
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<1> Parfitt K, Richardson, A, 2014, Report on archaeological test-pits dug at the Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Canterbury Road, Lyminge, November 2014 (Unpublished document). SKE31227.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Parfitt K, Richardson, A. 2014. Report on archaeological test-pits dug at the Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Canterbury Road, Lyminge, November 2014. |
