TR 04 NE 3 - Roman and Saxon burial ground, Tremworth Downs

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Monument record TR 04 NE 3 - Roman and Saxon burial ground, Tremworth Downs

Summary

A Roman and Saxon burial ground was located on Tremworth Downs about three quarters of a mile west of Crundale. The site was first discovered when it was dug into in 1703 and in 1713 a grave in the chalk, was found containing three urns. The site was excavated in 1757 and 1759 and this event was well documented. The ealier cremations were tentatively dated to the 3rd AD and the later inhumations include one, probably a woman date to the immediate post-Roman era. A sword pommel found at the site is now in the British Museum, and this dated to the 7th century AD. The site is chiefly a Roman cremation cemetery but there are some inhumation graves, some of which are certainly Anglo-Saxon. There is nothing remaining to be seen at the site and there is no record of any subsequent finds after 1759. The site lies on the upper steep west faciing part, of the north facing Tremworth Down, a spur of the North Downs, overlooking the Stour Valley. OD 100-120m.

Location

Grid reference	TR 0632 4932 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR04NE
County	KENT
District	ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish	CRUNDALE, ASHFORD, KENT

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Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document).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

<1> OS 6" 1951 (OS Card Reference). SKE48363.

<2> Invent Sep 1856 177-198 (B Faussett ed C R Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE44487.

<3> VCH Kent vol 1 1908 367-8 fig (R A Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE51196.

<4> VCH Kent vol 3 1932 151 (R F Jessup & M V Taylor) (OS Card Reference). SKE51214.

<5> F1 CFW 21-MAY-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE42691.

<6> Gazetteer of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 116 (A Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43574.

<7> PSA 2nd Series 14 1891-3 314-5 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE48811.

<8> Arch Cant 21 1895 l-li (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE34831.

<9> Md Arch 21 1977 20 (R Avent & D Leigh) (OS Card Reference). SKE46604.

<10> Md Arch 2 1958 81 (G Haseloff) (OS Card Reference). SKE46593.

<11> Anglo-Saxon Art to AD 900 1938 86 100-2 (T D Kendrick) (OS Card Reference). SKE33091.

<12> Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork 700-1100 in British Mus 1964 64 (D M Wilson) (OS Card Reference). SKE33094.

<13> Archaeologia 98 1961 148 150 (G C Dunning & V I Evison) (OS Card Reference). SKE37325.

<14> The Arts in Early Eng 3 1915 plate 73 1 (G Baldwin Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE50087.

<15> The Anglo Saxons in Eng 1926 fig 222 N Aberg (OS Card Reference). SKE49931.

<16> IPEK 9 1934 Tf 28 12 (OS Card Reference). SKE44506.

<17> Field report for monument TR 04 NE 3 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5119.

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--- SKE29253 Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent.
<1> SKE48363 OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1951.
<2> SKE44487 OS Card Reference: Invent Sep 1856 177-198 (B Faussett ed C R Smith).
<3> SKE51196 OS Card Reference: VCH Kent vol 1 1908 367-8 fig (R A Smith).
<4> SKE51214 OS Card Reference: VCH Kent vol 3 1932 151 (R F Jessup & M V Taylor).
<5> SKE42691 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 21-MAY-1963.
<6> SKE43574 OS Card Reference: Gazetteer of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 116 (A Meaney).
<7> SKE48811 OS Card Reference: PSA 2nd Series 14 1891-3 314-5 (G Payne).
<8> SKE34831 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 21 1895 l-li (G Payne).
<9> SKE46604 OS Card Reference: Md Arch 21 1977 20 (R Avent & D Leigh).
<10> SKE46593 OS Card Reference: Md Arch 2 1958 81 (G Haseloff).
<11>XY SKE33091 OS Card Reference: Anglo-Saxon Art to AD 900 1938 86 100-2 (T D Kendrick). [Mapped feature: #38645 cemetery, ]
<12> SKE33094 OS Card Reference: Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork 700-1100 in British Mus 1964 64 (D M Wilson).
<13> SKE37325 OS Card Reference: Archaeologia 98 1961 148 150 (G C Dunning & V I Evison).
<14> SKE50087 OS Card Reference: The Arts in Early Eng 3 1915 plate 73 1 (G Baldwin Brown).
<15> SKE49931 OS Card Reference: The Anglo Saxons in Eng 1926 fig 222 N Aberg.
<16> SKE44506 OS Card Reference: IPEK 9 1934 Tf 28 12.
<17> SKE5119 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 04 NE 3 - May, 1963.