Monument record TR 16 SE 18 - Brett's Pit West of Herne Bay Road

Summary

Bronze Age burial found 1932 - Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age sherds found 1937

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Grid reference TR 1743 6064 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR16SE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish STURRY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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On exhibition in Herne Bay Museum is a BA (? child) burial group, c.800 BC, consisting of an incense cup and small urn found 11.2.1932 in Brett Pit, Den Grove Wood, Sturry. In 1937 LBA/EIA potsherds were found in the same pit and are also on exhibition, part of the Armstrong Bowes Collection. Brett Pit, centred at TR 17436065, is now disused and no further finds are reported from the area. (1)


<1> Display Cards Herne Bay Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE39743.

<2> Accessions Book Herne Bay Mus (OS Card Reference). SKE32984.

<3> F1 ASP 05.12.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41934.

<4> Field report for monument TR 16 SE 18 - December, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5567.

<5> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1994, A28 Sturry Bypass: A Interim Review of the Archaeological Resource and Historic Landscape, p34 (Unpublished document). SKE7002.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: Display Cards Herne Bay Mus.
  • <2>XY OS Card Reference: Accessions Book Herne Bay Mus. [Mapped feature: #44229 find, ]
  • <3> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 05.12.63.
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 16 SE 18 - December, 1963.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1994. A28 Sturry Bypass: A Interim Review of the Archaeological Resource and Historic Landscape. p34.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Desk based assessment for the A28 Sturry bypass (EKE11586)

Record last edited

Jan 15 2024 11:38AM