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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NW 1078
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Human remains eroding out of cliff at St Mary's Church, Reculver

Summary

Human remains eroding out of cliff at St Mary's Church, Reculver

Grid Reference:TR 227 694
Map Sheet:TR26NW
Parish:HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

Protected Status:Scheduled Monument KENT 27

Full description

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Bones were found protruding from a newly eroded section of cliff face near the NW tower of the ruined church of Reculver. (TR 26 NW 2) Referred to as the church of St. Egbert in this report. Osteological analysis revealed that a total of 3 individuals had been found: an adult, a juvenile and a child. It seems likely that the remains belonged to a cemetery associated with the church, the eroding cliff has resulted in a number of bones being displaced and strewn down the abraded cliff face. An early date is unlikely as the find spot was within the internal confines of the RO barracks, tradition dictates that burials are located outside occupied areas. Additional ref to trading links (1). Additional ref in context with other Minsters in the region (2). Additional bibliogrpahic references (3-34). Photographs (35-73 ) and charts (74-75).


<1> Hawkes, S.C., 1969, Early Anglo-Saxon Kent (Article in serial). SWX7826.

<2> Gem, Richard, 1995, Anglo-Saxon minsters of the Thames Estuary (Article in monograph). SWX9355.

<3> Field report for monument TR 26 NW 2 - December, 1963, OS 6" 1961 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5839.

<3> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<4> Trust For Thanet Archaeology, 1991, Intertidal Zone Minnis Bay-Reculver (Unpublished document). SWX7082.

<5> Arch 77 1927 241-256 (C R Peers) (OS Card Reference). SKE34453.

<6> Arch Cant 3 1860 135-136 illus (OS Card Reference). SKE34976.

<7> Arch Cant 12 1878 248-268 (G Dowker) (OS Card Reference). SKE34662.

<8> Arch NL 2 1949-50 123 (E Martin-Clarke) (OS Card Reference). SKE36789.

<9> Arch J 53 1896 298-299 380 (J T Micklethwaite) (OS Card Reference). SKE36646.

<10> F1 AC 04-DEC-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41756.

<11> CAT Annual Report, 1992-3. (OS Card Reference). SKE38715.

<12> Antiq and Topo Cabinet 4 1808 (J Storer) (OS Card Reference). SKE33245.

<13> Trans Aber Ex Soc III 90 Part 9 (OS Card Reference). SKE50620.

<14> English Roman Arch before the Conquest 1930 23-4 (Clapham) (OS Card Reference). SKE41655.

<15> Monasticon Anglicaum 1 1846 454-6 (W Dugdale) (OS Card Reference). SKE47326.

<16> Tanner's Notitia Monastica 1787 Krent XLVIII (Naismith) (OS Card Reference). SKE49812.

<17> Collect Antiq 6 1868 222 (OS Card Reference). SKE39184.

<20> Antiq J 53 1973 53 (H M Taylor) (OS Card Reference). SKE33252.

<21> Med Arch 14 1970 161 (D M Wilson and D G Hurst) (OS Card Reference). SKE46729.

<22> Arch J 130 121-122 (C A Ralegh Radford) (OS Card Reference). SKE36576.

<23> Anglo Saxon Architecture III 1978 1109 (H M Taylor) (OS Card Reference). SKE33076.

<24> The Arts in Early England 2 1925 (G B Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE50093.

<25> Arch J 125 1968 291-6 (H M Taylor) (OS Card Reference). SKE36538.

<26> Trans Dur and North Architect and Arch Soc 4 1890-5 liii (C C Hodges) (OS Card Reference). SKE50645.

<27> DOWKER MSS (Collection). SKE6555.

<27> PSA Series 2 1 1861 369-373 (J B Sheppard) (OS Card Reference). SKE48852.

<28> The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist 9 22-32 (J Russell Larkby) 253-56 (F Grayling) (OS Card Reference). SKE50500.

<29> VCH Kent 2 1926 141-142 (R C Fowler) (OS Card Reference). SKE50944.

<30> Arch Ael 4th Series 25 1947 153 (E Gilbert) (OS Card Reference). SKE34471.

<31> Arch of Anglo Saxon England 1976 115 163 164 167 168 171 174 191 204 (D M Wilson) (OS Card Reference). SKE36811.

<32> Reculver Kent 1961 (MOW) (OS Card Reference). SKE49112.

<33> Kozodoy, R., 1986, The Reculver Cross (Article in serial). SWX9315.

<34> Taylor, H. M., Reculver Church (Article in serial). SWX9311.

<35> Jessup, R. F., 1936, Reculver, p.179-194 (Article in serial). SWX7288.

<36> Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11678.

<37> Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11679.

<38> 1983, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11676.

<39> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11675.

<40> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11674.

<41> Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11668.

<42> 1983, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11664.

<43> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11665.

<44> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11666.

<45> 1949, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11683.

<46> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11667.

<47> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11673.

<48> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11669.

<49> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11670.

<50> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11671.

<51> 1988, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11672.

<52> 1976, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11663.

<53> 1983, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11677.

<54> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10165.

<55> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9962.

<56> 1976, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11661.

<57> 1976, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11660.

<58> 1976, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11659.

<59> 1976, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11658.

<60> Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11657.

<61> 1949, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10696.

<62> 1974, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10603.

<63> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10167.

<64> 1976, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11662.

<65> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10100.

<66> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9460.

<67> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9950.

<68> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9922.

<69> 1965, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11684.

<70> 1949, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11682.

<71> 1948, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11681.

<72> Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11680.

<73> FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY SAXON CHURCH (EXCAVATED 1927).EXAMPLE OF EARLIEST DESIGN OF CHURCH - CF SILCHES (Photograph). SKE547.

<74> McKenzie, 1774, Coast of Kent from North Foreland to Isle of Sheppey (Chart). SWX8104.

<75> Stephenson, 1786, Survey of the East Swale (Chart). SWX7894.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Article in serial: Hawkes, S.C.. 1969. Early Anglo-Saxon Kent. 126, pages 186-92.
<2>Article in monograph: Gem, Richard. 1995. Anglo-Saxon minsters of the Thames Estuary. 41-54.
<3>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<3>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 26 NW 2 - December, 1963. OS 6" 1961.
<4>Unpublished document: Trust For Thanet Archaeology. 1991. Intertidal Zone Minnis Bay-Reculver.
<5>OS Card Reference: Arch 77 1927 241-256 (C R Peers).
<6>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 3 1860 135-136 illus.
<7>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 12 1878 248-268 (G Dowker).
<8>OS Card Reference: Arch NL 2 1949-50 123 (E Martin-Clarke).
<9>OS Card Reference: Arch J 53 1896 298-299 380 (J T Micklethwaite).
<10>OS Card Reference: F1 AC 04-DEC-63.
<11>OS Card Reference: CAT Annual Report, 1992-3..
<12>OS Card Reference: Antiq and Topo Cabinet 4 1808 (J Storer).
<13>OS Card Reference: Trans Aber Ex Soc III 90 Part 9.
<14>OS Card Reference: English Roman Arch before the Conquest 1930 23-4 (Clapham).
<15>OS Card Reference: Monasticon Anglicaum 1 1846 454-6 (W Dugdale).
<16>OS Card Reference: Tanner's Notitia Monastica 1787 Krent XLVIII (Naismith).
<17>OS Card Reference: Collect Antiq 6 1868 222.
<20>OS Card Reference: Antiq J 53 1973 53 (H M Taylor).
<21>OS Card Reference: Med Arch 14 1970 161 (D M Wilson and D G Hurst).
<22>OS Card Reference: Arch J 130 121-122 (C A Ralegh Radford).
<23>OS Card Reference: Anglo Saxon Architecture III 1978 1109 (H M Taylor).
<24>OS Card Reference: The Arts in Early England 2 1925 (G B Brown).
<25>OS Card Reference: Arch J 125 1968 291-6 (H M Taylor).
<26>OS Card Reference: Trans Dur and North Architect and Arch Soc 4 1890-5 liii (C C Hodges).
<27>OS Card Reference: PSA Series 2 1 1861 369-373 (J B Sheppard).
<27>Collection: DOWKER MSS.
<28>OS Card Reference: The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist 9 22-32 (J Russell Larkby) 253-56 (F Grayling).
<29>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 2 1926 141-142 (R C Fowler).
<30>OS Card Reference: Arch Ael 4th Series 25 1947 153 (E Gilbert).
<31>OS Card Reference: Arch of Anglo Saxon England 1976 115 163 164 167 168 171 174 191 204 (D M Wilson).
<32>OS Card Reference: Reculver Kent 1961 (MOW).
<33>Article in serial: Kozodoy, R.. 1986. The Reculver Cross. 108, p.67-94.
<34>Article in serial: Taylor, H. M.. Reculver Church. 126, p.225.
<35>Article in serial: Jessup, R. F.. 1936. Reculver. 10 (38), pages 179-94. p.179-194.
<36>Photograph (Print): Photograph. TR2269/3. print.
<37>Photograph (Print): Photograph. TR2269/4. print.
<38>Photograph (Print): 1983. Photograph. TR2269/27. print.
<39>Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2269/26. print.
<40>Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2269/25. print.
<41>Photograph (Print): Photograph. TR2269/2. print.
<42>Photograph (Print): 1983. Photograph. TR2269/16. print.
<43>Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2269/17. print.
<44>Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2269/18. print.
<45>Photograph (Print): 1949. Photograph. TR2269/8. print.
<46>Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2269/19. print.
<47>Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2269/24. print.
<48>Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2269/20. print.
<49>Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2269/21. print.
<50>Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2269/22. print.
<51>Photograph (Print): 1988. Photograph. TR2269/23. print.
<52>Photograph (Print): 1976. Photograph. TR2269/15. print.
<53>Photograph (Print): 1983. Photograph. TR2269/28. print.
<54>Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 1368. print.
<55>Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 59. print.
<56>Photograph (Print): 1976. Photograph. TR2269/13. print.
<57>Photograph (Print): 1976. Photograph. TR2269/12. print.
<58>Photograph (Print): 1976. Photograph. TR2269/11. print.
<59>Photograph (Print): 1976. Photograph. TR2269/10. print.
<60>Photograph (Print): Photograph. TR2269/1. print.
<61>Photograph (Print): 1949. Photograph. DY 55-59 tr228694/3. print.
<62>Photograph (Print): 1974. Photograph. BPZ 76 tr228694/8. print.
<63>Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3154. print.
<64>Photograph (Print): 1976. Photograph. TR2269/14. print.
<65>Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 21. print.
<66>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4024. print.
<67>Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 78. print.
<68>Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 6087. print.
<69>Photograph (Print): 1965. Photograph. TR2269/9. print.
<70>Photograph (Print): 1949. Photograph. TR2269/7. print.
<71>Photograph (Print): 1948. Photograph. TR2269/6. print.
<72>Photograph (Print): Photograph. TR2269/5. print.
<73>Photograph: FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY SAXON CHURCH (EXCAVATED 1927).EXAMPLE OF EARLIEST DESIGN OF CHURCH - CF SILCHES. P29090. Black and White. Print.
<74>Chart: McKenzie. 1774. Coast of Kent from North Foreland to Isle of Sheppey. chart.
<75>Chart: Stephenson. 1786. Survey of the East Swale. chart.