TQ 76 NW 43 - Early medieval burial, Charles Drive, Cuxton

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Monument record TQ 76 NW 43 - Early medieval burial, Charles Drive, Cuxton

Summary

An early medieval (Saxon) grave was found in 1859 during work to cut the railway between Strood and Cuxton. A rich assemblage of grave goods were found in the burial including a spearhead and ferrule, a knife, a bronze buckle, a shield boss, an urn of Kentish type and an angon. These artefacts are now in the British Museum and the bones are in the Royal College of Surgeons. The site lies on a terrace with a gentle east facing slope, on the western side of the Medway Valley. OD 5m.

Location

Grid reference	TQ 70 67 (point) LO
Map sheet	TQ76NW
County	KENT
Civil Parish	CUXTON, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority	MEDWAY

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Full Description

A Saxon grave was found in 1859 by workmen cutting the railway between Strood and Cuxton, nearly a mile westward of Temple Farm [TQ 73226853]. The grave was found at a depth of 3 feet and contained a skeleton with a spearhead and ferrule, knife, bronze buckle, shield boss, urn of Kentish type and an angon. [See AO/59/155/2] The grave goods are in the British Museum (Acc.Nos. 1894-8-3-80/86). The bones are in the Royal College of Surgeons (No. 4-288) (1-5)

Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document).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

<1> Arch Cant 2 1859 xli (H Wickham) (OS Card Reference). SKE34812.

<2> "Coll Ant" 5 1861 129-37 plate XI (CR Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE32603.

<3> VCH Kent 1 1908 377 (RA Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE50859.

<4> BM Acc Register (OS Card Reference). SKE38185.

<5> OS Dark Age Brit Index (OGS Crawford) (OS Card Reference). SKE48414.

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--- SKE29253 Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent.
<1> SKE34812 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 2 1859 xli (H Wickham).
<2>XY SKE32603 OS Card Reference: "Coll Ant" 5 1861 129-37 plate XI (CR Smith). [Mapped feature: #22755 Burial, ]
<3> SKE50859 OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 377 (RA Smith).
<4> SKE38185 OS Card Reference: BM Acc Register.
<5> SKE48414 OS Card Reference: OS Dark Age Brit Index (OGS Crawford).