TR 26 NE 38 - Anglo Saxon inhumation cemetery, near Minnis Bay, Birchington

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Monument record TR 26 NE 38 - Anglo Saxon inhumation cemetery, near Minnis Bay, Birchington

Summary

An Anglo Saxon inhumation cemetery was excavated near Minnis Bay, Birchington in 1938. Also found in this area are three burials, one with a knife and a buckle (see TR 26 NE 21). Despite the fact that these burials were found some distance apart in Gallwey Avenue and St. Mildred's Avenue they were identified as part of the same cemetery. The site lies on low ground, sloping towards the south-west. OD 10-15m.

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Grid reference	TR 2927 6967 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR26NE
County	KENT
District	THANET, KENT
Civil Parish	BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT

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Full Description

TR 292696 (sic) Inhumation cemetery at Minnis Bay Birchingrton. Ante1958 3 burials, one with a knife and a buckle, were found in Gallwaly (sic) Avenue (see TR 25 NE 21) and St Mildred's Avenue. Although some distance apart, they were clearly part of the same cemetery. (1) (St Mildred's Avenue is situated at TR 292695) TR 29276967 Anglo Saxon cemetery at Minnis Bay excavated in 1938. Finds now in the Powell Cotton Museum, Birchington. (a) (See also TR NE 21) (2) additional references (3-4)

<1> Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 129 (A Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43540.

<2> Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document). SKE29253.

<3> Powell-Cotton Mus Recs Mrs Hawkes; Letter 29 2 61 to A L Savill (OS Card Reference). SKE48575.

<4> Md Arch 2 1958 67 (S E Chadwick) (OS Card Reference). SKE46591.

Sources/Archives (4)

<1> SKE43540 OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early AS Burial Sites 1964 129 (A Meaney).
<2>XY SKE29253 Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent. [Mapped feature: #49077 Cemetery, ]
<3> SKE48575 OS Card Reference: Powell-Cotton Mus Recs Mrs Hawkes; Letter 29 2 61 to A L Savill.
<4> SKE46591 OS Card Reference: Md Arch 2 1958 67 (S E Chadwick).