Findspot record TR 24 NW 13 - C.500 AD silver spoon

Summary

Anglo Saxon silver spoon found circa 1864. It possibly dates to about 500 and was found in a field on the opposite side of the Canterbury-Dover road. The find spot is above the brow of a south-west facing Chalk slope. OD 120-125m.

Location

Grid reference TR 2262 4852 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR24NW
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish BARHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Full Description

[Name TR 22634852]. Anglo-Saxon Silver Spoon found c.AD 1864 [NAT] (1) A silver spoon, which "is a genuine piece of Teutonic art probably but not certainly of Anglo-Saxon origin, and of a date somewhere about 500 AD," was found in a field on the opposite side of the Canterbury-Dover road to the Halfway Inn, "about sixty years ago" ie. c.1855. (2) No further information could be gained during fieldwork. (3) Additional bibliography. (4)


<1> OS 25" 1962 (OS Card Reference). SKE48278.

<2> Arts in Early England 4 1915 407-8 illust (G B Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE37363.

<3> F1 FGA 22-APR-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42958.

<4> Ant J 19 1939 314 (J B W Perkins) (OS Card Reference). SKE33147.

<5> Field report for monument TR 24 NW 13 - April, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5674.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1962.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Arts in Early England 4 1915 407-8 illust (G B Brown).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 22-APR-64.
  • <4>XY OS Card Reference: Ant J 19 1939 314 (J B W Perkins). [Mapped feature: #46434 find, ]
  • <5> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 24 NW 13 - April, 1964.

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Record last edited

Sep 20 2022 2:30PM