Monument record TR 34 SW 59 - Early-medieval burial, St Martin's Road, Guston, Dover

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An Early-medieval burial. One skeleton was found, with a disc brooch on the chest, in a stone cist/coffin.

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Grid reference TR 32 43 (point) LO
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish GUSTON, DOVER, KENT

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An Anglo-Saxon brooch, shield boss, iron sword and spearhead in Leeds Museum, were found with a skeleton in a stone cist or coffin, probably in Guston parish. (1-2) TR 3244. An Anglo Saxon burial from Guston. Before 1864. A silver-gilt brooch with a cruciform design in garnets was found on the breast of a man in a stone cist or coffin. A shield-boss and sword, presumably from the same burial, are still in the Leeds Museum, but the brooch must have been destroyed during the second world war. (3)


<1> VCH Kent 1 1908 385 (RA Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE50874.

<2> Arch J 21 1864 101 (OS Card Reference). SKE36596.

<3> Gaz of Early AS Burial sites 1964 122-123 (ALS Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43534.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 385 (RA Smith).
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Arch J 21 1864 101.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early AS Burial sites 1964 122-123 (ALS Meaney).

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Mar 27 2023 11:58AM