TR 03 NE 16 - Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Marwood Farm, Aldington/Lympne

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Monument record TR 03 NE 16 - Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Marwood Farm, Aldington/Lympne

Summary

Court-le-Street, Aldington. In 1850 an Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery was said to have been disturbed on the brow of the hill at Marwood Farm. Many skeletons were disinterned, but no details are knowm. The site lies on the brow of a south facing escarpment overlooking Romney Marsh, underlying geology Hythe Beds. OD 75-85m.

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Grid reference	TR 0824 3518 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR03NE
County	KENT
District	FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish	LYMPNE, SHEPWAY, KENT

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INHUMATION CEMETERY (CEMETERY, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)

Full Description

Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document).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

<1> "Richborough, Reculver & Lymne" 1850, 263 (C.R. Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE32684.

<2> V.C.H. Kent, vol. 1, 1908, 364 (R.A. Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE50766.

<3> K.A.S. 6" (Maidstone Museum). (OS Card Reference). SKE45230.

<4> F1 GSL 16-JAN-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE43018.

<5> The Arts in Early Eng 4 1915 712 (G Baldwin Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE50089.

<6> Gaz of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964 116 (A Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43507.

<7> TRHS 18 1909 107 (OS Card Reference). SKE50681.

<8> Field report for monument TR 03 NE 16 - January, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5088.

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--- SKE29253 Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent.
<1>XY SKE32684 OS Card Reference: "Richborough, Reculver & Lymne" 1850, 263 (C.R. Smith). [Mapped feature: #38177 Cemetery, ]
<2> SKE50766 OS Card Reference: V.C.H. Kent, vol. 1, 1908, 364 (R.A. Smith).
<3> SKE45230 OS Card Reference: K.A.S. 6" (Maidstone Museum)..
<4> SKE43018 OS Card Reference: F1 GSL 16-JAN-63.
<5> SKE50089 OS Card Reference: The Arts in Early Eng 4 1915 712 (G Baldwin Brown).
<6> SKE43507 OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964 116 (A Meaney).
<7> SKE50681 OS Card Reference: TRHS 18 1909 107.
<8> SKE5088 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 03 NE 16 - January, 1963.

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Record last edited

Sep 13 2022 12:33PM