Monument record TR 15 NE 302 - Saxon cemetery at St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury

Summary

Saxon cemetery excavated at the west end of St Augustine's Abbey Church and to the south of the church between 1960-78. Much human loose bone was found, the product of disturbed burials from unmarked graves, together with a number of articulated skeletons. All sexes and ages were represented among the bodies found suggesting that this was a lay cemetery. Associated grave goods included a 6th or 7th century buckle and an 8th century scramasax. The site lies outside and to south-east the city wall, alongside the Richborough road. OD 15-20m.

Location

Grid reference TR 1539 5773 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR15NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

<1> Md Arch 22 1978 30 39-40 plan (A Saunders) (OS Card Reference). SKE46624.

<2> Helen Geake, 1997, The use of grave-goods in conversion-period England, c.600-c.850 (Monograph). SKE54254.

<3> St Augustine's Abbey:Rpt on Excavs 1960-78:KAS Mon IV 1988 81-82 (D Sherlock H Woods) (OS Card Reference). SKE49603.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1>XY OS Card Reference: Md Arch 22 1978 30 39-40 plan (A Saunders). [Mapped feature: #43577 burials, ]
  • <2> Monograph: Helen Geake. 1997. The use of grave-goods in conversion-period England, c.600-c.850.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: St Augustine's Abbey:Rpt on Excavs 1960-78:KAS Mon IV 1988 81-82 (D Sherlock H Woods).

Finds (2)

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Record last edited

Oct 25 2022 2:45PM