Findspot record TR 34 SW 164 - Early-medieval Brooch, Dover

Summary

An Anglo Saxon saucer brooch from Dover is now in the British Museum. It is of a type poorly represented in Kent, but common in the upper Thames Valley and it was passed into the British Museum from the collection of Dr. Lysons (who was a collector at the British Museum between 1763 and 1819) and is said to have been from Dover. (location accurate to the nearest 1km based on available information)

Location

Grid reference TR 32 41 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

<1> E. Thurlow Leeds, 1912, Archaeologia: or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity: The Distribution of the Anglo-Saxon Saucer Brooch in relation to the Battle of Bedford, A. D. 571 Vol 63, Arch 63 (1912) pp.198 (ET Leeds) (Article in serial). SKE32454.

<2> Page, W. (ed), 1908, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volumne I, VCH Kent 1 1908 363-364 (IC Gould) (Monograph). SKE7882.

<3> The British Museum, British Museum online collection (Website). SKE32302.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Article in serial: E. Thurlow Leeds. 1912. Archaeologia: or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity: The Distribution of the Anglo-Saxon Saucer Brooch in relation to the Battle of Bedford, A. D. 571 Vol 63. Vol 63. pp. 159-202. Arch 63 (1912) pp.198 (ET Leeds).
  • <2> Monograph: Page, W. (ed). 1908. The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volumne I. VCH Kent 1 1908 363-364 (IC Gould).
  • <3> Website: The British Museum. British Museum online collection.

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Record last edited

Apr 3 2023 1:06PM