TQ 94 NE 10 - Bronze Age burial, Dencher Wood

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Monument record TQ 94 NE 10 - Bronze Age burial, Dencher Wood

Summary

A crouched Bronze Age burial and a late Bronze Age pot were found in January 1935 near to the Pilgrims Way at Dencher Wood. It is uncertain exactly what happened to this discovery but it is thought that a bucket urn 'from Charing', on exhibition in Maidstone Museum, might be the missing pot.

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Grid reference	TQ 9692 4901 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ94NE
County	KENT
District	ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish	CHARING, ASHFORD, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

CROUCHED INHUMATION (Bronze Age - 2350 BC (at some time) to 701 BC (at some time))

Full Description

[TQ 9693 4902] A crouched burial and a Late Bronze Age pot found in January 1935 (1). The above siting falls within a disused part of a chalkpit owned since 1955 by Messrs. Waters & Cooper. The foreman, unaware of the find or of any further finds since, stated that the pit had passed through many hands over the years, and he did not remember the name of the owners in 1935. No further information was obtainable at Maidstone Museum, but Mr. D.B. Kelly, Asst. Curator, thought that a bucket urn 'from Charing', on exhibition in the Museum, might be the 'pot' in question (2).

<1> Maidstone Mus 6" (LRA Grove) (OS Card Reference). SKE46281.

<2> F2 ASP 02-JAN-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43076.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 94 NE 10 - January, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4740.

Sources/Archives (3)

<1>XY SKE46281 OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus 6" (LRA Grove). [Mapped feature: #33295 burial, ]
<2> SKE43076 OS Card Reference: F2 ASP 02-JAN-64.
<3> SKE4740 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 94 NE 10 - January, 1964.