Findspot record TR 23 NW 88 - As disc brooch, Martello Dairy Farm (Valiant Sailor), Dover Hill, Folkestone, Kent

Summary

Anglo-Saxon disc brooch, Martello Dairy Farm, Folkestone. Exact location is uncertain, but it is said to be between Folkestone and Dover. The jewelled disc brooch was found with a string of seventy-four beads, two of which were of amethyst, at Martello Dairy Farm. The brooch was of gilded silver, 3.5cm in diameter but the central setting was now empty. The brooch and beads were sold at Sothebys on 12 July 1971, lots 10 and 11 and are now in a private collection. They have been recorded in the Leeds Archive at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Classified by Avent as corpus number 71.The site lies on a ridge above the North Downs scarp, the bedrock is Upper Chalk. OD 165m.

Location

Grid reference TR 241 378 (point)
Map sheet TR23NW
Civil Parish FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT

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Full Description

Southern Water Services, 1993, Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKe6815.

Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document).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

<1> BAR 11 pt 2 AS Garnet Inlaid Disc & Composite Brooches 1975 plate 14 (R Avent) (OS Card Reference). SKE37475.

<2> Med Arch 16 1972 157 (L E Webster J Cherry) (OS Card Reference). SKE46732.

<3> Southern Water Services, 1993, Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKE6815.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent.
  • --- Unpublished document: Southern Water Services. 1993. Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement.
  • <1> OS Card Reference: BAR 11 pt 2 AS Garnet Inlaid Disc & Composite Brooches 1975 plate 14 (R Avent).
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Med Arch 16 1972 157 (L E Webster J Cherry).
  • <3> Unpublished document: Southern Water Services. 1993. Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement.

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Record last edited

Nov 29 2022 1:19PM