Monument record TR 34 SW 11 - Early-medieval jug and barrow, Dover

Summary

An early-medieval jug, previously held in Dover Museum; it was seen by Charles Roach Smith and thought to have been found in a barrow near Dover. The current location of the jug is uncertain and no further information on the barrow is known.

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Grid reference TR 31910 41406 (point) Approximate
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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A jug of the Anglo-Saxon period, seen by Smith in Dover Museum, was understood by him to have been found in a barrow near Dover. (1,2) The jug is no longer in the Dover Museum. It may have been destroyed during the war. No further information concerning the discovery has been gained during fieldwork. (3) Before 1852 C R Smith saw a Frankish type jug in Dover Museum, and was told it came from a barrow near Dover. (4)


<1> Coll Ant 1852 219-20 (illust) C R Smith (OS Card Reference). SKE39093.

<2> VCH Kent 1 1908 384 (R A Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE50868.

<3> F1 ASP 25.05.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42272.

<4> Gaz of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964 117 (ALS Meoney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43508.

<5> Field report for monument TR 34 SW 11 - May, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5960.

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  • <1>XY OS Card Reference: Coll Ant 1852 219-20 (illust) C R Smith. [Mapped feature: #55147 Barrow, ]
  • <2> OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 384 (R A Smith).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 25.05.64.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964 117 (ALS Meoney).
  • <5> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 34 SW 11 - May, 1964.

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Record last edited

Mar 16 2023 1:20PM