Findspot record TR 26 NW 14 - Saxon glass beaker and other finds, Reculver

A Saxon green glass beaker, now in Canterbury Museum, and other Saxon objects have been found at Reculver (1). On exhibition in Maidstone Museum is a porosphaera necklace found in the sea off Reculver, ex Saxon graves. (Acc. No. 42 1949, obtained from the Ashmolean Museum). In Herne Bay Museum is exhibited an embossed Saxon burial urn from Reculver, formerly possessed by A. Colland of Reculver, repaired and presented by the late Dr. Armstrong Bowes. The glass beaker cannot be traced at the Royal Museum, Canterbury, but an A/S bead from Reculver is exhibited (Acc. No. RM 2625) (2). No further information could be gained about the exact provenance or date of finding of the above objects (3). Additional references (4-7).

<1> Pagan Saxondom pl II (JV Akerman) (illus) (OS Card Reference). SKE48480.

<2> Richborough Reculver and Lymme 213 (CR Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE49258.

<3> VCH Kent 1 1908 361 (RA Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE50849.

<4> F1 ASP 28.11.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42328.

<5> Gaz of Early AS Burial sites 1964 133 (ALS Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43544.

<6> Field report for monument TR 26 NW 14 - November, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5849.

<7> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Sites and Monuments Record, 14 (Index). SWX11836.