[TQ 72395832] Jutish Burial found A.D. 1922 [NAT] (1) Jutish burials found 1922 (Maidstone Museum) [Large area siting centred as above] (2) An Anglo-Saxon Jutish interment discovered c. quarter of a mile NW of Preston Hall, (see TQ 75 NW 31) in 1922. In Maidstone Museum are portions of the skull and other bones, a one-handled jug of Frankish type two blue glass vases, an imperfect Kentish jewelled brooch and two spear-heads. (3) Refs. authy. 3. Preston Hall pit has yielded further Anglo Saxon material and another two-handled frankish jug and several spear heads were found in 1926. In Maidstone Museum. (4) Anlo-Saxon interment of Jutish type found in 1922 with iron spearhead, swords and two jugs of Frankish type. In Maidstone Museum are two small globular blue glass vases and a large circular gold brooch with old filigree. (5) Shown on distn. map and described as cemetery in schedule of Saxon cemeteries in Medway area. (6) "The finds are still in the Museum. There were several burials at this site". (7) The sandpit in which the cemetery was discovered is disused and in process of being filled in with waste. On display in Maidstone Museum are the one-handled jug, two blue glass vases and the gold brooch. (Accession numbers KAS 194-5-6). In store are skull fragments found 1923, four iron spearheads, one broken, one with parallel-sided blade, the tip of an iron sword or knife with part of the wooden sheath, an iron shield grip found 1924 (no asscession numbers), and two iron spearheads found 24th December 1931. (Accession number 64/1960). (8) TQ 724583. Aylesford. Inhumation ?cemetery. In 1922 an Anglo Saxon burial was discovered quarter of a mile north west of Preston Hall with a Jug of Frankish type, 2 blue glass vases, an imperfect jewelled brooch and 2 spearheads. In 1926 another jug and several spearheads were found. (9) Squat jars with trailed decoration, of 7th c. date, from Aylesford are now in Maidstone Museum. They depict body-trails nipped into a lattice pattern, known as the 'Aylesford' type. Such types consist entirely of dark blue glass and are usually found in pairs, as in this case. Such squat jars are rare on the continent and it seems likely that a British glass house must have specialised in this kind of jar. No less than 43 examples came from Faversham so we may guess that Kent, and perhaps Faversham itself, was the centre of fabrication. Only 11 squat jars have been found outside Kent. The majority of squat jars date to the seventh century and certainly lasted on into the eighth or even ninth century. (10)

<1> OS 6" 1938-488 (OS Card Reference). SKE48356.

<2> Rec 6" (O G S Crawford udtd) (OS Card Reference). SKE49045.

<3> Rochester Nat 6 No 130 1924 53 (J H Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE49287.

<4> Rochester Nat 6 No 130 1928 107 (N C Cook) (OS Card Reference). SKE49288.

<5> Maidstone Museum Arch 6" Anon undated (OS Card Reference). SKE46403.

<6> Arch Cant 70 1956 112 (V I Evison) (OS Card Reference). SKE35465.

<7> F1 ASP 26-MAY-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42310.

<9> Maidstone Museum Arch Gazeetteer (In progress) Anon Undated (OS Card Reference). SKE46409.

<10> F2 ASP 26-FEB-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43172.

<11> Anglo Saxon Jewellery 1950 118 (R F Jessup) (OS Card Reference). SKE33079.

<12> A Gazetteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites 1964 108 (A Meaney (OS Card Reference). SKE32786.

<13> Dark Age Britain 9156 141-2 164 (D B Harden) (OS Card Reference). SKE39596.

<14> Field report for monument TQ 75 NW 30 - May, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3889.

<15> Field report for monument TQ 75 NW 30 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3890.