TQ 76 NW 20 - Jutish burials, Strood Hill, Rochester

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Monument record TQ 76 NW 20 - Jutish burials, Strood Hill, Rochester

Summary

A Jutish grave containing a skeleton, spearhead and knife, was found on Strood Hill, during the construction of Jersey and Castle View Roads. Another Jutish burial containing a skeleton, spearhead, and shield umbo was found on Woodstock Road in 1919. The 2 burials are sited on the brow of the hill.

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Grid reference	TQ 729 692 (point) Centred on
Map sheet	TQ76NW
Civil Parish	ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT
County	KENT
Unitary Authority	MEDWAY

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['A' TQ 73016934] A Jutish grave containing a skeleton, spearhead and knife, was found on Strood Hill, at the junction of Jersey and Castle View Roads when these roads were being made. The finds are in Rochester Museum(1) Another Jutish grave[B] with skeleton, spearhead, and shield umbo was found on Mr Beckford Ball's property in Woodstock Road. (1-2) [B'] Sited at TQ 72956918; found 26.10.1918. (3) Additional bibliography. (4)

Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE29253.

<1> Arch Cant 23 1898 7 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE34861.

<2> Arch Cant 34 1920 158 (OS Card Reference). SKE35022.

<3> Kent Arch Soc 6" (OS Card Reference). SKE45875.

<4> F1 AC 04-OCT-51 (OS Card Reference). SKE41762.

<5> A Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 138 (ALS Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE32781.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 76 NW 20 - October, 1951 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4089.

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--- SKE29253 Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent.
<1> SKE34861 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 23 1898 7 (G Payne).
<2> SKE35022 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 34 1920 158.
<3> SKE45875 OS Card Reference: Kent Arch Soc 6".
<4> SKE41762 OS Card Reference: F1 AC 04-OCT-51.
<5>XY SKE32781 OS Card Reference: A Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 138 (ALS Meaney). [Mapped feature: #22512 burials, ]
<6> SKE4089 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 NW 20 - October, 1951.