TQ 86 NW 212 - Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery, Otterham Creek in Upchurch

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Monument record TQ 86 NW 212 - Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery, Otterham Creek in Upchurch

Summary

Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery identified at Otterham Creek in Upchurch from 1847. Grave goods including glass vessels, a disc brooch, beads and Roman finds including samian and a coin were recorded. Some of the finds are in Maidstone Museum accession number 272:2, 273: 3-4. (see also TQ86NW21). The lies on the lower part of a gentle west-facing slope, on the eastern bank of Otterham Creek. OD 5-10m, geology gravel.

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Grid reference	TQ 8307 6722 (point)
Map sheet	TQ86NW
County	KENT
District	SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish	UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT

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INHUMATION CEMETERY (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 649 AD)

Full Description

Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document).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

<1> Annotated Record Map (Unspecified Type). SWX20719.

<2> Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol 1 (1846) - vol 50 (1894) (Bibliographic reference). SKE6336.

<3> Page, W. (ed), 1908, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volumne I (Monograph). SKE7882.

<4> C Roach Smith, 1852, Collectanea archaeologica : communications made to the British Archaeological Association (Miscellaneous Material). SKE54253.

<5> Dark Age Brit 1956 (Ed D B Harden) Glass Vessels in Brit AD 400-1000 141 163 (D B Harden) (OS Card Reference). SKE39579.

<6> The Arts in Early England 4 1915 737-8 (B Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE50102.

<7> OS Card / NAR index (Unpublished document). SKE6461.

<8> A Gazetteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites 1964 132 (A L S Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE32787.

<9> OS 1:10000 1972 (OS Card Reference). SKE48157.

<10> Helen Geake, 1997, The use of grave-goods in conversion-period England, c.600-c.850 (Monograph). SKE54254.

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--- SKE29253 Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent.
<1> SWX20719 (No record type): Annotated Record Map.
<2> SKE6336 Bibliographic reference: Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol 1 (1846) - vol 50 (1894).
<3> SKE7882 Monograph: Page, W. (ed). 1908. The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volumne I.
<4> SKE54253 Miscellaneous Material: C Roach Smith. 1852. Collectanea archaeologica : communications made to the British Archaeological Association.
<5> SKE39579 OS Card Reference: Dark Age Brit 1956 (Ed D B Harden) Glass Vessels in Brit AD 400-1000 141 163 (D B Harden).
<6> SKE50102 OS Card Reference: The Arts in Early England 4 1915 737-8 (B Brown).
<7> SKE6461 Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index.
<8>XY SKE32787 OS Card Reference: A Gazetteer of Early Anglo Saxon Burial Sites 1964 132 (A L S Meaney). [Mapped feature: #41804 Cemetery, ]
<9> SKE48157 OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1972.
<10> SKE54254 Monograph: Helen Geake. 1997. The use of grave-goods in conversion-period England, c.600-c.850.

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Record last edited

Feb 14 2023 9:03AM