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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 25 SE 110 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Saxon cemetery, Catshole Hill |
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Summary
A Saxon cemetery, visible as cropmarks in the Google Earth image of 2007.
| Grid Reference: | TR 26104 54874 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR25SE |
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| Parish: | GOODNESTONE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CEMETERY (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? to 1065 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Saxon cemetery and Bronze Age barrow |
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Full description
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A Saxon cemetery, visible as cropmarks in the Google Earth image of 2007.
c.100 graves, surrounding, and extending to the south of, a barrow (TR 25 SE 44). Those nearest the barrow have varied alignments, while those further to the south have a general E-W alignment. At least three ring ditches are visible (TR 25 SE 338), which possibly represent higher-status graves within the cemetery.
<1> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Graphic material: Google Earth. |
Related records
| TR 25 SE 44 | Parent of: Cropmark of a barrow and secondary outer ring ditch (Monument) |
| TR 25 SE 338 | Parent of: Cropmarks of ring ditches (Monument) |
