TR 35 SE 20 - Early Medieval Inhumation, Redsull Avenue, Deal

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Monument record TR 35 SE 20 - Early Medieval Inhumation, Redsull Avenue, Deal

Summary

A grave with a male skeleton, orientated south west-north east, was found in 1939 at a depth of 5ft. during the excavtion of an air-raid shelter in the garden of 7 Redsull Avenue, Mill Hill, Deal. The burial presupposes that of a Jute, but as no associated objects were found. This isolated grave is probably associated with an Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Cross refer to TR 35 SE 67, TR 35 SE 19 and TR 35 SE 51 The site lies on the upper slope of Mill Hill ridge, facing north-east. OD 20-25m.

Location

Grid reference	TR 3629 5115 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet	TR35SE
Civil Parish	DEAL, DOVER, KENT
District	DOVER, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

BURIAL (BURIAL, Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD? (at some time) to 700 AD? (at some time))

Full Description

[TR 3630 5114] A grave with a male skeleton, orientated south west-north east, was found in 1939 at a depth of 5ft. during the excavtion of an air-raid shelter in the garden of 7 Redsull Avenue, Mill Hill, Deal. " ... the burial presupposes that of a Jute, but as no associated objects were found nothing more definite can be said." (1) The air raid shelter is centred at TR 3629 5114. (2) This isolated grave is probably associated with an Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Cross refer to TR 35 SE 67, TR 35 SE 19 and TR 35 SE 51. (3)

Additional reference (4)

Andrew Richardson, 2000, Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent (Unpublished document).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

<1> Arch Cant 51, 1939, 206 (W P D Stebbing) (OS Card Reference). SKE35273.

<2> F1 ASP 02.07.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41884.

<3> Gaz of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964, 117 (A L S Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43513.

<4> Field report for monument TR 35 SE 20 - July, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6087.

Sources/Archives (5)

---XY SKE29253 Unpublished document: Andrew Richardson. 2000. Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries and Burial-Sites in Kent. [Mapped feature: #58408 burial, ]
<1> SKE35273 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 51, 1939, 206 (W P D Stebbing).
<2> SKE41884 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 02.07.64.
<3> SKE43513 OS Card Reference: Gaz of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964, 117 (A L S Meaney).
<4> SKE6087 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 35 SE 20 - July, 1964.