Monument record TQ 56 NE 11 - Anglo Saxon burial ground, with ring ditches, pits and linear features, Charton Manor Farm, Farningham, Sevenoaks

Summary

Anglo-Saxon burial ground with ring ditches, pits, two linear features. Five warrior graves, which produced an urn, and iron knife, a spearhead, a scramasax (?) and a tall conical shield boss. The site occupies the mid-slope of a Chalk spur of the North Downs. The ground slopes steeply north-west, overlooking the Darent Valley. OD 80-100m.

Location

Grid reference TQ 5565 6654 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ56NE
County KENT
Civil Parish FARNINGHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Type and Period (4)

Full Description

Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document).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

<1> Oral: E Greenfield, Dartford Museum (OS Card Reference). SKE48026.

<2> Early AS Burial Sites 1964 118 (A Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE41561.

<3> Oral: A Warhurst, Maidstone Museum 17 3 54 (OS Card Reference). SKE48016.

<4> F A Hastings (OS Card Reference). SKE41715.

<5> Letter (Curator Dartford Museum to Mrs S Hawkes, 18 3 63) (OS Card Reference). SKE46028.

<6> F1 ASP 28.08.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42327.

<7> Arch Cant 54 1941 26 (A H A Hogg) (OS Card Reference). SKE35282.

<8> Brit Num J 30 1960-1 6-53 (S E Rigold) (OS Card Reference). SKE38348.

<9> BAR 128 Sceattas in Eng & on the Continent 1984 251 (ed. D Hill & D M Metcalf) (OS Card Reference). SKE37484.

<10> AP (NMR TQ 5566/2/325-6; 5 4 77) (OS Card Reference). SKE33562.

<11> AP (NMR TQ 5566/3/327-8; 5 4 77) (OS Card Reference). SKE33563.

<12> Kentish Times 5.4.1940 (OS Card Reference). SKE45974.

<13> KARU SV 78 (OS Card Reference). SKE45620.

<14> Field report for monument TQ 56 NE 11 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2877.

Sources/Archives (15)

  • --- Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent.
  • <1> OS Card Reference: Oral: E Greenfield, Dartford Museum.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Early AS Burial Sites 1964 118 (A Meaney).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Oral: A Warhurst, Maidstone Museum 17 3 54.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: F A Hastings.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Letter (Curator Dartford Museum to Mrs S Hawkes, 18 3 63).
  • <6> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 28.08.64.
  • <7> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 54 1941 26 (A H A Hogg).
  • <8> OS Card Reference: Brit Num J 30 1960-1 6-53 (S E Rigold).
  • <9> OS Card Reference: BAR 128 Sceattas in Eng & on the Continent 1984 251 (ed. D Hill & D M Metcalf).
  • <10> OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TQ 5566/2/325-6; 5 4 77).
  • <11> OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TQ 5566/3/327-8; 5 4 77).
  • <12> OS Card Reference: Kentish Times 5.4.1940.
  • <13> OS Card Reference: KARU SV 78.
  • <14>XY Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 56 NE 11 - August, 1964. [Mapped feature: #43349 cemetery, ]

Finds (5)

Protected Status/Designation

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: CHARTON MANOR (Ref: EI 14787) (EKE3827)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: RCHME: Kent Mapping Project (EKE20439)

Record last edited

Apr 16 2024 1:28PM