TQ 96 SE 20 - Anglo-Saxon burial, Teynham Street, Teynham, Swale

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Monument record TQ 96 SE 20 - Anglo-Saxon burial, Teynham Street, Teynham, Swale

Summary

A richly furnished Anglo-Saxon grave was found in 1894 in brickfields near Teynham. Items found in the grave included a gold and garnet disc brooch, two circular gold pendants and two beads of porphyritic marble. The finds were sold at Sotheby's in 1895. The site is at the base of a gentle south-east facing slope, on the edge of marshland. OD 5-7m.

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Grid reference	TQ 968 638 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ96SE
County	KENT
District	SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish	TEYNHAM, SWALE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

INHUMATION (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 700 AD?)

Full Description

<1> Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer MS in progress (OS Card Reference). SKE46425.

<2> VCH Kent 1 1908 373 386 AS Remains (I Chalkley-Gould) (OS Card Reference). SKE50854.

<3> PSA 2nd Series 15 1893-5 184 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE48813.

<4> Gaz Early AS Burial Sites 1964 139 (A Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43484.

<5> The Arts in Early England 4 1915 737 (G Baldwin Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE50101.

Sources/Archives (5)

<1> SKE46425 OS Card Reference: Maidstone Museum Arch Gazetteer MS in progress.
<2> SKE50854 OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 373 386 AS Remains (I Chalkley-Gould).
<3> SKE48813 OS Card Reference: PSA 2nd Series 15 1893-5 184 (G Payne).
<4>XY SKE43484 OS Card Reference: Gaz Early AS Burial Sites 1964 139 (A Meaney). [Mapped feature: #35441 Cemetery, ]
<5> SKE50101 OS Card Reference: The Arts in Early England 4 1915 737 (G Baldwin Brown).