Findspot record TR 24 SE 63 - Metal-detector find near Chilton Farm, Alkham
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 277 431 (point) LO |
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Map sheet | TR24SE |
District | DOVER, KENT |
Civil Parish | ALKHAM, DOVER, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Metal detector finds from 1974 in fields above Chilton Farm, Alkham. Donanted to Dover Museum in March 1995 and identified by Cathy Haith of British Museum.
1. Cast copper shoe-shaped belt rivet Anglo Saxon 6th century. (TR 24 SE 94)
2. Cast copper buckle tongue with punched ring-and-dot ornament on shield with rounded base and punched dots on faceted curved tip. 6th century Anglo-Saxon.
3. Crescent shaped copper alloy bead or pendant with circular perforation decorated with dots. Date uncertain though possibly Iron Age.
4. Silver gilt fragment of disc brooch decorated with transverse ridgesand inner border of zig-zag. Centre pierced by rivet, back has cast zig-zags and traversing ridges. Anglo Saxon late 6th century. (1)
<1> Keith Parfitt, 1995, Anglo-Saxon Finds from Chilton Farm, Alkham, pers Comm Keith Parfitt to KCC 27/3/1995 (Unpublished document). SKE7971.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE7971 Unpublished document: Keith Parfitt. 1995. Anglo-Saxon Finds from Chilton Farm, Alkham. pers Comm Keith Parfitt to KCC 27/3/1995.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Intrusive Event: Chilton Farm, Alkham (EKE5840)
Record last edited
Sep 13 2022 1:27PM