TR 14 SE 12 - Mid-Late 6th Century Cemetery, Lyminge

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Monument record TR 14 SE 12 - Mid-Late 6th Century Cemetery, Lyminge

Summary

Large early Jutish cemetery - early 5th to mid 6th century. Containing mainly inhumation burials with a few cremation burials. The extent of the cemetery has not yet been established. The site lies on the highest point of a chalk spur projecting to the north east at the head of the Elham Valley. Excavations in 2014 ahead of a proposed extension revealed several pit features, fully excavated 1 previously discovered grave and revealed and excavated 2 new graves.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TR 1637 4172 (345m by 345m)
Map sheet	TR14SE
County	KENT
District	FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish	LYMINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT

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

<2> Warhurst, A., 1956, The Jutish Cemetery at Lyminge, Arch Cant 69 1955 1-40 plans illust (A Warhurst) (Article in serial). SKE12199.

<3> F1 ASP 26-APR-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42302.

<4> Gazette of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964 127 (ALS Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43568.

<5> Arch NL 5 1954-5 228-31 (A Warhurst) (OS Card Reference). SKE36798.

<6> BAR 82 Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries 1980 86-8 94-5 110 (P Rahtz T Dickinson and L Watts) (OS Card Reference). SKE37572.

<7> Field report for monument TR 14 SE 12 - April, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5414.

<8> Dover Archaeological Group, 2002, Report on Evaluation Trenching at Lyminge Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, 2002 (Unpublished document). SKE12198.

<9> Parfitt K, Richardson, A, 2014, Report on archaeological test-pits dug at the Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Canterbury Road, Lyminge, November 2014 (Unpublished document). SKE31227.

<10> Dover Archaeological Group, 2023, Archaeological watching brief adjacent ‘Pendower’, Lyminge, Kent, July 2023 (Unpublished document). SKE55591.

Sources/Archives (10)

<1> SKE48369 OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2> SKE12199 Article in serial: Warhurst, A.. 1956. The Jutish Cemetery at Lyminge. LXIX p1 -40. Arch Cant 69 1955 1-40 plans illust (A Warhurst).
<3> SKE42302 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 26-APR-63.
<4> SKE43568 OS Card Reference: Gazette of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964 127 (ALS Meaney).
<5> SKE36798 OS Card Reference: Arch NL 5 1954-5 228-31 (A Warhurst).
<6> SKE37572 OS Card Reference: BAR 82 Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries 1980 86-8 94-5 110 (P Rahtz T Dickinson and L Watts).
<7> SKE5414 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 14 SE 12 - April, 1963.
<8> SKE12198 Unpublished document: Dover Archaeological Group. 2002. Report on Evaluation Trenching at Lyminge Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, 2002.
<9> SKE31227 Unpublished document: Parfitt K, Richardson, A. 2014. Report on archaeological test-pits dug at the Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Canterbury Road, Lyminge, November 2014.
<10> SKE55591 Unpublished document: Dover Archaeological Group. 2023. Archaeological watching brief adjacent ‘Pendower’, Lyminge, Kent, July 2023.

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Related Events/Activities (4)

Intrusive Event: Archaeological test-pits dug at the Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Canterbury Road, Lyminge, November 2014 (EKE14669)
Intrusive Event: Evaluation Trench at Early-Medieval Cemetery, Lyminge, Shepway (Ref: LCR-02) (EKE8510)
Intrusive Event: Mushroom Farm, Canterbury Road, Lyminge (Ref: EI 14641) (EKE3760)
Intrusive Event: Watching brief adjacent to 'Pendower', 2023 (Ref: Site code: LGRP-23) (EKE22535)

Record last edited

Oct 26 2023 10:34AM