Findspot record TQ 57 SW 49 - Anglo Saxon weapons found on Dartford downs

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Possible Anglo-Saxon inhumation indicated by an Anglo Saxon spearhead and shield found during drain digging prior to 1884 on the Dartford Downs.

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Grid reference TQ 52 73 (point) LO
Map sheet TQ57SW
County KENT
District DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT

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"Mr. E. P. L. Brock exhibited on behalf of Mr. C. Roach Smith, sketches of an umbo of a Saxon shield and a javelin-head, recently dug up on the downs near Dartford, the precise locality denoted in a map made by Mr. Youens. The umbo is of the type of No. 18 in pl. xv. of the Inventorium Sepulchrale. The objects were found in digging for a drain about 4 feet below the surface." (1) Finds not held by Dartford Museum.Youens map could not be traced. (2)


<1> J.B.A.A. vol. 40, 1884, pp. 120-1. (OS Card Reference). SKE44834.

<2> F1 ASP 02-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41899.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 57 SW 49 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3158.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: J.B.A.A. vol. 40, 1884, pp. 120-1..
  • <2> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 02-OCT-64.
  • <3>XY Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 57 SW 49 - October, 1964. [Mapped feature: #78499 find, ]

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May 13 2021 1:41PM