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Monument details

Summary

A logboat was discovered near Sandwich in 1936 during the excavation of a sewer. It was apparently removed to Sandwich at a later date but it is not known what became of it. It was undated and apparently not fully exposed during the original digging.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (CANOE, Unknown date)

Associated Finds

• CANOE (Unknown date)

Full description

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Whilst digging a trench for a sewer, in April 1936, an ancient dug-out canoe was found at a depth of 3 feet 6 inches in the bank of a small stream close to Great Downs Bridge, Sandwich at TR 34715763. The boat was made from an oak trunk and the tool marks were clear. It was resting in estuarine deposits. Not sufficient of the boat was exposed to enable it to be placed within Fox's classification of monoxylous craft. It was later removed to Sandwich but it could not be traced there during fieldwork. (1) TR 3457. This logboat was found in 1936 near Sandwich Bay, Kent. Site type, unkown; drainage area. Stour. There is no further trace. (2) additional references (3-5)

<1> F1 ASP 19-JUN-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42186.

<2> Archaeol Cant. 19.1937 xlvii (N Cook) (OS Card Reference). SKE37259.

<3> Maidstone Museum 6" (Anon undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46363.

<4> BAR 51 (i) Logboats of England and Wales with Comparative Material from European and other Countries (OS Card Reference). SKE37533.

<5> Field report for monument TR 35 NW 44 - June, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6063.

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