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Monument record TQ 76 NW 60 - Jutish inhumation burial, Strood, Rochester
Summary
A Jutish inhumation burial cut into chalk, found in 1918 by soldiers laying a drain at Rochester about half a mile west of the Medway. The burial included a shield boss, a spearhead and two pieces of iron. It was interpreted as of Jutish type from the 5th or 6th centuries.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 72 67 (point) LO |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ76NW |
| Civil Parish | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
| County | KENT |
| Unitary Authority | MEDWAY |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A skeleton buried in the chalk was discovered on 26.10.1918 by soldiers laying a drain at Rochester about half a mile west of the Medway "not far from the spot where the Pilgrims crossed the river." Col.H.A.Haines(1) reported that it lay with head to west and was accompanied by a shield boss, a spearhead and two pieces of iron. Dr. C. Hercules Read (2) pronounced the burial 'Jutish of the 5th or 6th c.' (1-3)
Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE29253.
<1> `The Times' 29.10.1918 9 (OS Card Reference). SKE32736.
<2> `The Times' 31.10.1918 10 (OS Card Reference). SKE32737.
<3> JBAA New Ser 24 1918 281-2 (OS Card Reference). SKE44850.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SKE29253 Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent.
- <1>XY SKE32736 OS Card Reference: `The Times' 29.10.1918 9. [Mapped feature: #22936 burial, ]
- <2> SKE32737 OS Card Reference: `The Times' 31.10.1918 10.
- <3> SKE44850 OS Card Reference: JBAA New Ser 24 1918 281-2.
Finds (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Aug 9 2022 10:36AM