TR 13 SW 2 - C6th-C7th Frankish Interments, Bellevue, Lympne

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Monument record TR 13 SW 2 - C6th-C7th Frankish Interments, Bellevue, Lympne

Summary

An Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery, found c.1828, in the quarry on the edge of the hill skeletons, spearheads, a short sword 15 inches long, an iron shield-boss, a glass vessel, a Kentish bottle vase and an ornamental buckle and buckle-plate of Frankish appearance were discovered circa 1828. Probably 7th century. Situated on the brow of the ridge overlooking the sea and marshes to the south, OD c.100m.

Location

Grid reference	TR 1096 3499 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR13SW
County	KENT
District	FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish	LYMPNE, SHEPWAY, KENT

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<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> VCH Kent 1 1908 364 (RA Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE50852.

<3> JBAA 4 1849 158 (illust) (OS Card Reference). SKE44957.

<4> KAS 6" (Maidstone Museum) (OS Card Reference). SKE45640.

<5> Richboro Reculver Lympne 1850 263 4 illus (C Roach Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE49253.

<6> F1 CFW 10-DEC-62 (OS Card Reference). SKE42511.

<7> A corpus of wheel-thrown pottery in Anglo-Saxon graves 1979 71 132 (VI Evison) (OS Card Reference). SKE32767.

<8> A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964 127 (A Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE32790.

<9> The Arts in Early England 4 1915 712 (G Baldwin Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE50099.

<10> Dark-Age Britain (ed DB Handen) 1956 164 (DB Handen) (OS Card Reference). SKE39600.

<11> Field report for monument TR 13 SW 2 - December, 1962 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5378.

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<1> SKE48369 OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2> SKE50852 OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 364 (RA Smith).
<3> SKE44957 OS Card Reference: JBAA 4 1849 158 (illust).
<4> SKE45640 OS Card Reference: KAS 6" (Maidstone Museum).
<5> SKE49253 OS Card Reference: Richboro Reculver Lympne 1850 263 4 illus (C Roach Smith).
<6> SKE42511 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 10-DEC-62.
<7>XY SKE32767 OS Card Reference: A corpus of wheel-thrown pottery in Anglo-Saxon graves 1979 71 132 (VI Evison). [Mapped feature: #41978 Cemetery, ]
<8> SKE32790 OS Card Reference: A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964 127 (A Meaney).
<9> SKE50099 OS Card Reference: The Arts in Early England 4 1915 712 (G Baldwin Brown).
<10> SKE39600 OS Card Reference: Dark-Age Britain (ed DB Handen) 1956 164 (DB Handen).
<11> SKE5378 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 13 SW 2 - December, 1962.

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Record last edited

Jan 17 2023 10:10AM