"Parish","Site_name","Site_ID","Easting","Northing","Site_type","County","Excavation_Date","Elevation","Drift_Geology","Date_from","Date_to","Excavated_by","Comments","Excavated","Collections","SMR_No"
"Bekesbourne","Adisham Down","BAD",620760,154790,"Cemetery","East Kent","1773",55,"Upper Chalk",630,700,"Faussett","AS Type 4 barrow cemetery. c.1740s: Sir Thomas Hales has a number of barrows opened, revealing human bones, Fe objects and ?sceattas. Faussett opened 45 graves in 1773, primarily in barrows. 18 contained grave goods, two contained coffin nails.",1,"Liverpool City Museum","TR 25 SW 1"
"Shepherdswell-with-Coldred","Barfreston","BAR",626500,148850,"Cemetery","East Kent","1772-3, 1772",100,"Upper Chalk",575,725,"Faussett","AS Type 4 barrow cemetery. Incl EMC entries. 18th C: A burial mound was opened by the landowner to reveal a gilt or gold-inlaid 'spur'; 1772-3: Faussett opened 181 graves in and about 162 AS tumuli in 2/3 groups on Sibertswold Down. SIB group: 3 not richly furnished; 19 only knife, 28 nothing; many weapons. BAR group: 48 more in 45 tumuli. In 2 cases, Rom cremations disturbed by AS graves. Gr 1-171 in upper burial ground; gr 172-181 in lower. Finds included a looped gold Austrasian tremissis (gr 85) and a further looped gold coin from gr 172, both dating to c.650. Fausett saw Sibertswold & Barfreston as 2 sep cems but Meaney, Evison and Richardson count as one. The site is on a main crossroad, now mainly woodland (1999), at the meeting point of 3 parish boundaries.",1,"Liverpool City Museum","TR 24 NE 2"
"Broadstairs","Bradstow School","BBS",639450,167090,"Cemetery","East Kent","1970-4",40,"Upper Chalk",500,700,"L.Webster/V.Fenwick","Possibly a type 5 barrow cemetery, with a penannular ditch grave.Treated separately from Valetta House site to overcome problems of grave numbering. 1970-4: Total of 98 graves exc (Webster) including a nucleated group of warrior burials. Ae bowl, Frankish gold tremissis, claw beaker. Structural features in some graves. 2003: CAT evaluation ahead of building work revealed one (and possibly two) inhumations. No grave goods were recovered.",1,"British Museum","TR 36 NE 12"
"Boughton Aluph","Boughton Aluph","BGA",603720,148780,"Cemetery","East Kent","1719, 1903",95,"Upper Chalk",500,700,"unkown","Poss AS Type 1 cemetery site. 1719-20: 2 AS male burials found. Sword, conical shield boss, penannular brooch and other finds. 1903: Anglo-Saxon burial at Tarbutt's chalk quarry opposite Whitehall where the Wye-Challock Road crosses the Pilgrim Road. The Skeleton was accompanied by a sword, iron spearhead, ten Roman coins, etc. Adjacent to long 200m linear feature visible as a cropmark running WNW-ESE (TR 04 NW 32). 1996: According to J. Bradshaw further graves have been found since 1903, but not recorded. Apparently spearheads were amongst the finds.",1,"Lost: Maidstone Museum or Rochester Guildhall Museum","TR 04 NW 4"
"Patrixbourne","Bifrons","BIF",619020,154570,"Cemetery","East Kent","1866-76",40,"Upper Chalk",450,625,"Faussett","AS cemetery. 1865: 18-20 graves discovered by workmen; finds included weaponry, buckles, knives, etc.. 1867 (Faussett): 91 graves excavated containing 96 individuals - various finds. Situated c.3 miles south of Canterbury near the juncture of the River Nailbourne and the Roman road between Canterbury and Dover.",1,"Maidstone Museum","TR 15 SE 9"
"Bekesbourne","Aerodrome","BKB",619990,155490,"Cemetery","East Kent","1914-19, 1936, 1955-58",40,"Upper Chalk",475,600,"F.Jenkins","AS cemetery. 1914-19: burial and finds. 1936: burial found at Homestead with brooch and beads find. 1955-9: Excavation of 41 burials (Jenkins), some in mounds. Strong Frankish element.",1,"Royal Museum, Canterbury","TR 15 NE 1"
"Barham","Breach Downs","BRD",620670,148900,"Cemetery","East Kent","1841-44, 1930-40",84,"Upper Chalk",600,730,"Lord Conynham","Type 4 Barrow cemetery. c.1809 several barrows excavated, but no accurate records kept. 1841: 103 barrows visible. 66 excavated (Conyngham), containing 71 graves. c.1843 'several' small tumuli excv. by J.P. Bartlett. 1844: 16 barrows excavated by Conyngham and BAA. Barrows were still visible and recorded in c.1940 (45), 1946 (38), and 1975 (28).  Breach Downs is also the location of a c.700-730 sceatta find.",1,"British Museum","TR 24 NW 1"
"Barham","Barham Downs","BRH",620600,151500,"Cemetery","East Kent","1759-1968",97,"Upper Chalk",600,700,"various","AS Type 4 barrow cemetery. Various finds recorded, many of which have no exact provenance. It is therefore likely that some of the following finds originate from the adjacent sites of Kingston Down or Breach Down. 1509-47: a barrow was opened revealing an urn and iron objects (possible cremation barrow burial?). 1759: Barrow excavated by the Antiquarian Society revealing an inhumation accompanied by a sword, spear, necklace of glass beads. 1842: Seax find. 1852: Frankish jug find. Pre-1908: 6th C silver brooch find. 1966: 18 flat graves revealed along A2. 1968: Four Anglo-Saxon inhumations uncovered in road works. Finds included an iron buckle, two Ae mounts and four knives. <br />N.B.: Barham Down finds listed in Meaney are probably an extension of the Kingston Down cemetery, i.e. KGD-3.",1,"British Museum; Royal Museum, Canterbury; Maidstone Museum","TR 25 SW 45"
"Bishopsbourne","Bourne Park","BSB",619100,153000,"Cemetery","East Kent","1771-1844",60,"Upper Chalk",600,700,,"Type 4 barrow cemetery: Possibly in two separate groups. 1771: 9 barrows excavated (Faussett) who says that c. 500 yds. to the NW of these tumuli, c. 100 more were visible on Hanging Hill; 1844: several barrows excavated (Conyngham). 1844: Wright opened 3 barrows in front of Bourne Place. 1844: 2 barrows opened. Most scarecly furnished. A probable AS barrow, 17.5m in diameter and 0.5m in height, is situated on a hill slope well below the crest (at 619240,153200), suggesting the possible extension of the cemetery to the east of the Canterbury-Dover road. It is not listed by Ashbee and Dunning 1960. The Hanging Hill complex mentioned by Faussett is partly in woodland and partly under the plough; only eleven mounds survive and these, in general, are in a poor condition.",1,"Liverpool City Museum","TR 15 SE 6"
"Broadstairs","St. Peter's Tip","BSP",637530,169260,"Cemetery","East Kent","1969-71",35,"Upper Chalk",525,700,"AC Hogarth","Type 3 AS barrow cemetery excv 1969-1971 (Hogarth). Total of 388 graves, much skeletal material with artefacts, including some 28 wheel-thrown pots. Cemetery plan revealed grave-free areas around some burials and other orientations respecting poss. barrows. Many grave structures: penannular ditches and external ditches or slots. Much contemporary grave robbing. Some graves and a round barrow survive to the north west.",1,"British Museum","TR 36 NE 60"
"Broadstairs","Valetta House","BVH",639450,167090,"Cemetery","East Kent","1910-11",40,"Upper Chalk",575,725,,"AS cemetery, secondary in BA barrow. Kept separate to BBS even though it is the same cemetery. 1910: No mounds noted. Excavation in advance of driveway construction revealed. Graves numbered 1-6 from Meaney's paraphrasing of Hurd. Graves 7-15 equate with graves listed as E,I,L,O,Q,R,S,T,U from the same source. This latter group found in association with BA ditch feature, excavated in 1911. There are a number of uncontexted finds.",1,"Powell-Cotton Museum","TR 36 NE 12"
"Chartham","Chartham Downs","CHD",610970,154260,"Cemetery","East Kent","1729-30, 1764-773",65,"Upper Chalk",575,800,"Fagg,1730; Faussett,1764/73","Type 4 AS inhumation cemetery. c.100 barrows. 1729: Workmen found burial during road widening. 1730: 20 opened (Mortimer). 1764 & 1773: 53 opened (Faussett). Some cremations. All destroyed before 1856. The site is at the W end of the Downs, sloping down on all sides except E. The barrows were all along the top of the hill (the OS marks them on the end of the spur, above the 200' contour).",1,"Liverpool City Museum","TR 15 SW 3"
"Chatham","Chatham Lines","CHL",576400,168100,"Cemetery","East Kent","1756-82",57,"Upper Chalk",450,700,"James Douglas","Type 3 Barrow Cemetery (?possibly 4). Now heavily disturbed by military works. A group of small tumuli, situated on the western slope of the steep hill facing Rochester, about 200 yds. from the Rom building. 1756: damaged by military lines finds of spearheads etc. 1779-82: Various 'tumuli' excavated, with the contents of 19 described, including one grave dated c. 530/40 containing three fifth-century silver coins from Gaul and a Roman bronze coin, pierced for suspension as ornaments.",1,"Ashmolean Museum","TQ 76 NE 8"
"Crundale","Tremworth Down","CRD",606320,149330,"Cemetery","East Kent","1703, 1713, 1757-59, 1858",110,"Upper Chalk",650,700,,"3rd C. Rom cremation & Type 1 AS cemetery. NW side, just below the summit of steep hill, good view, near the Great Stour, & on both sides of a hollow-way. 1703: Skull find, burial with Rom urn, child with pot. 1713: grave with 3 urns. 1757: (Faussett). C.1858: further finds incl. buckles, brooches, earrings, bronze pins, c.90 beads, glass vessel frag. & sword (Durden) though partially confused with Sarre. Pre-1973: 25 burials (Bradshaw). No subsequent finds.",1,"Liverpool City Museum; British Museum","TR 04 NE 3"
"Dover","Buckland","DBU",631000,143000,"Cemetery","East Kent","1953; 1994",50,"Upper Chalk",475,750,"V.Evison; CAT","Typ 3 (?) AS cem. S&SW slopes of broad southerly spur, below the crest of a hill now built over. 1879: no. of finds, prob. from Buckland. 1951/2: 165 inhumations excavated by Evison. 1994: A further 244 inhumations excavated by Parfitt incl. seperate satellite group of burials. IA-MD cultivation terraces. 2 small ring ditches, i.e. barrows. More graves prob. destroyed during the construction of the Dover-Deal railway line 1879-80. May have been 500 graves in total. The limit of the cemetery was defined arch. in 1996 at TR 310 433 & TR 305 434.",1,"British Museum","TR 34 SW 32"
"Darenth","Darenth Park","DHH",556500,172900,"Cemetery","West Kent","1881, 1954",59,"Upper Chalk",475,600,,"AS inhumation cemetery. 1881: A spearhead and shield-boss were found near the Darenth and Stone Hospital. 1928: Human bones are said to have been found during pipe-laying alongside Gore Rd. c.1940: Wartime ploughing, possibly in fields adjacent to the hospital are said to have disturbed a skull. 1954: A grave was discovered in the grounds of the hospital during the laying of a telephone cable. Finds included human bones and part of a silver-gilt square-headed brooch, fragments of a Ae bowl. 1972-3: Members of Dartford Museum excavated alongside Gore Rd, uncovering one burial. 1978: Dartford District Archaeological Group excavated 2 graves.<br />NB. All data entered from Batchelor 1990. Grave 12 represents southernmost edge of site, otherwise mainly focussed on top of chalk ridge.Stake holes (250) may pre-date the cemetery,together with four post structures as relationship to graves is unclear.Graves with no datable grave goods are placed within date range for whole site",1,"British Museum; Dartford Museum","TQ 57 SE 29/57"
"Dover","Priory Hill","DPH",631450,141750,"Cemetery","East Kent","1883, 1889, 1956",20,,550,725,"unknown, KARU","AS inhumation cemetery. 1883: Gold brooch & other objs found. 1889: inhum., swords & spears.1956: grave with bracteate, Ae ring & pottery bead less than 180m from 1889 finds. 1967: 1883 brooch stolen from Dover Museum, other finds from the Priory Hill possibly destroyed in WWII. 1986: restoration at 68 Priory Hall: 2 graves (1-2) KARU excavated. 1988: 3 more graves (3-5) excavated in gardens of 63 & 64 Priory Hill (KARU), cem midway down the street",1,"Dover Museum","TR 34 SW 6"
"Aylesford","Eccles","ECC",572200,160500,"Cemetery","East Kent","1962-76",22,"Loam",650,800,,"AS cemetery at Eccles villa. 1962-76-: Scattered AS burials amongst villa ruins (hypocaust, in house etc.). 1970: AS cem excv. E of the NE wing of the villa. 1972: more burials from this area. Majority laid c.E-W with superimposed burials, earliest with gravegoods.1973: 70 burials. 1974: Several Christian burials to the SE of the villa. Poss. contemporary PH building adjacent to cem (?chapel). No evidence of settlement, prob. to the E. 1976: one further inhumation burial.",1,"Bradford University","TQ 76 SW 37"
"Eastry","Eastry Mill","EEM",630300,154400,"Cemetery","East Kent","1968",35,"Upper Chalk",600,700,,"AS cemetery. 1968: 4 burials were found about 0.5 mile W of the main cemetery site (Buttsole). One, oriented NE- SW and accompanied by a small iron knife, was discovered in the face of a chalk-pit in the garden of a house in The Mill. Three further unaccompanied burials, similarly oriented were found 100 yds to the S, suggesting a lrg cemetery. Possibly not part of the Eastry community, but the site of an adjacent settlement.",0,"Unknown","TR 35 SW 36"
"Eastry","Updown","EUP",631100,153700,"Cemetery","East Kent","1976",30,"Upper Chalk",600,700,"S.C. Hawkes","AS Type 3 (?) cemetery N of Sangrado's Wood. Cropmarks, showing c.200-300 graves, prob. assoc. with Eastry settlement. Graves aligned WE, many pennanular ditches. 1976: (Hawkes) Sside - 36 graves, min. of 12 with ditches 4.5-7m in dia. No trace of either barrows or structural features. Similar clusters of ditch-enclosed graves occur elsewhere in the cemetery.1989: (KARU) N limit of cemetery - 41 graves, mostly widely spaced on W-E axis, at least 8 with enc ditches, others poss ploughed away. Generally poorer than elsewhere in cemetery.",1,"Roman Painted House; Welch archive","TR 35 SW 32"
"Farningham","Charlton Manor","FCM",555500,166500,"Cemetery","West Kent","1939-1954",90,"Upper Chalk",600,700,"various","AS Inhumation cemetery. 1870s: Rigold listed some sceattas in Maidstone museum as deriving from Charlton Manor. They are pierced Primary sceats. 1890: Mention of finds from Charlton Manor, lost by 1890. c.1920: possible reference to an Anglo-Saxon cemetery having been found. 1939: During the construction of a potato clamp 7 graves were revealed, but not excavated. 1940: 4 graves excavated. From them came an urn (which may have been used for a cremation), an iron knife, a spearhead, a ?scramasax and a tall conical shield-boss. 1954: Another burial was found during the sinking of a gate-post. Pre-1997: Aerial photographs revealed Anglo-Saxon graves, some with ring ditches to the E of earlier finds.",1,"Dartford Museum; Maidstone Museum","TQ 56 NE 11"
"Folkestone","Dover Hill","FDH",623800,137590,"Cemetery","East Kent","1849, 1889, 1907-10",130,"Middle Chalk",500,650,,"AS cemetery. 1819: Numerous skeletons were said to be found during road works. Finds included an Fe sword and spearhead. Pre-1849: radiate brooch find. 1889: 9 graves & finds found during chalk-quarrying. 1906-7: Road- widening revealed 36 AS burials & a few Roman coins. No external indication of the graves, although the down had never been cultivated. Some deviant burials included. 1910: (Parsons) excv 4 graves, one with a bottle-vase, Ae pin & stud, 3 unfurnished. Many chalk-pillows. Cem partially destroyed by chalk pit. 1964: Road widening again cut into the cemetery (the centre of which now falls under the road) without producing further evidence.",1,"Folkestone PL","TR 23 NW 7"
"Northbourne","Finglesham","FGL",632550,153420,"Cemetery","East Kent","1928-67",30,"Upper Chalk",520,750,"Hawkes","AS Type 3? Inhumation cemetery. E edge of North Downs above Wantsum inlet (the sett location?) 1928-9: (Stebbing) 30 graves - 28 fully recorded. 1960 (Hawkes) excavated 12 further undisturbed graves. 1967: Remainder of cemetery excavated bringing total number of graves to 257, though some (5) without burials. Some grave structures etc.",1,"Maison Dieu Ospringe (Lord Northbourne collection); Ashmolean Museum","TR 35 SW 20"
"Ash","Gilton","GIL",628110,158260,"Cemetery","East Kent","1759-1957",22,"Thanet Beds",480,650,,"AS cemetery. Hill-top site with views from SE to NW; ploughed & no signs of barrows. Cemetery had disturbed an earlier (1st-3rdC.) Rom cremation cem. 1759: (Faussett) dug grave & artefacts in sandpit. 1760-3: excv.106 graves. 1771: more finds & graves recorded by Douglas & Boys. 1783: 2 graves were found. 1842: more finds mentioned by Smith and Rolfe. 1859: grave with spearhead. 1923: Bracteate illustrated by Smith. 1957: 2 pouch- bottles & sword found. Min of 130 (127 recorded).",1,"British Museum; Ashmolean Museum; Maidstone Museum; Royal Museum, Canterbury; Liverpool City Museum","TR 25 NE 6"
"Greenwich","Greenwich Park","GRW",538800,177100,"Cemetery","West Kent","1784",15,"River Terrace Gravel",575,700,,"AS type 4 inhumation cemetery. 1714: A park-keeper at Greenwich Park dug into some visible barrows and found ""several objects of value"". 1784: Douglas excavated c.50 barrows. 1844: The construction of a reservoir led to the levelling of 12 barrows. 1993-4: Cemetery surveyed by the RCHME who identified 31 barrows.",1,"Unknown","TQ 37 NE 06"
"Snodland","Holborough","HBR",569670,162620,"Cemetery","East Kent","1943-3",27,"Upper Chalk",575,700,"Vera Evison","AS Type 5/6? cemetery. AS burials secondaries in spur-top BA barrow near Rom barrow of Holborough Knob, overlooking the Medway. 1943: 8th C pot and hone discovered c.180m W of Knob. 1944: 3 spearheads, skeletons and necklace found. 1950-2: Further skeletons found. 1952-3: Evison excavated 39 graves, 9 with grave goods, and 3 disturbed; oriented WE & some lidless coffins. Largely destroyed, N boundary indeterminate. Graves in 2 groups, possibly in indiv. mounds (though may have been disturbed betw groups). No obvious grouping according to age or sex.",1,"Maidstone Museum;British Museum","TQ 66 SE 14"
"Horton Kirby","Riseley","HKR",556200,167500,"Cemetery","West Kent","1937-49",60,"Upper Chalk",450,650,,"AS Mixed Cemetery. 1937: Various finds discovered during the construction of the Riseley Housing Estate. At least 7 burials were uncovered. 1937-8: 115 to 117 graves excavated and recorded. Clustering of graves:18-52 and 61-72 on western hill, at higher part of site,with more elaborate goods and flint packing; 1-17 and 73-116 on eastern side. Total of 110 inhumations and 5 cremations - 65 furnished. Most grave goods are Saxon types. 1949: Another skeleton, possibly Saxon was discovered in nearby Saxon Place.<br />[N.B. Grave orientations are not entered correctly - where head orientation is noted this is an unamended position, other entries correct as per publication. DATING:all graves placed within broad date range of site unless diagnostic artifacts or combinations narrow this down further.]",1,"Dartford Museum","TQ 56 NE 8"
"Littlebourne","Howletts","HOW",620070,156870,"Cemetery","East Kent","1913-18",22,"River Terrace Gravel",475,700,"L.Moysey","AS Mixed cemetery (destroyed cremations?): c.1913-8: min 36 burials found in gravel pit on a wooded spur extending down to the marshes bordering the Little Stour (Relph). Graves scattered over the whole area opened. Smith notes burnt pot - either AS or Rom cremations, though Meaney thinks them prehistoric.There are also a number of Rom and AS finds in BM. 1924: Further finds were made by Henry Dewey including a francisca and a fragment of a quoit brooch. The site was located in the W side of the gravel pit on Ludenham knoll. Apparently also found were the foundations of an undated building.",1,"British Museum; Brighton Museum","TR 25 NW 2"
"Kingston","Kingston Down","KGD",620200,151900,"Cemetery","East Kent","1749-73, 1850, 1959",80,"Upper Chalk",575,725,"Faussett","AS Type 4 inhumation cemetery. Barrows nr top NW side of hill by Rom rd above Nailbourne. 1749: 2-3 weapon burials excavated by Thomas Barrett. c.1751:13 beads, glass vessel & burials. 1755: weapons & 2 glass urns. 1767-73: Faussett excavated 263 barrows, 45 flat graves. Almost all were orientated EW; 13 doubles; 183 coffins; 214 with artefacts, 56 only knife. 1850: a further barrow was excavated by Thomas Wright. By this time it seems that all visible barrows had been dug. 1944: A grave was excavated by soldiers. 1959: Evison excavated 16 graves, of which 3 were undisturbed. 1965: Two further undisturbed and one disturbed grave excavated. 1966: Road works revealed further graves.<br /><br />The is not a rich cemetery, but 11 are richly furnished graves, 3 exceptionally so. There are few weapons, and 2 silver crosses known from the cemetery. It is possible that it disturbed an earlier Rom? cremation cemetery.",1,"Liverpool City Museum","TR 25 SW 14"
"Lyminge","Lyminge","LYM",616380,141690,"Cemetery","East Kent","1953-55",110,"Upper Chalk",450,650,"Alan Warhurst","AS inhumation cemetery. Highest point of a chalk spur at the head of the Elham valley. Parish boundary with Elham c.220m to the NE. 1953: (Warhurst) 8 inhumations. 1954-5: Further 56 excavated. No visible barrows, although one had been marked by a mound of chalk lumps; 2 ditched burials, but robbed. All more or less EW in rows. 8 graves of the 64 excavated had been disturbed, perhaps fairly soon after burial. 38 of the undisturbed graves were furnished, 4 richly, 3 with a knife only. Relatively rich cemetery. 2002: Dover Arch Group excavated 5 trenches 155m NE of earlier finds, and uncovered a further 43 graves, including two cremations - none of the 2002 data is in this database",1,"Maidstone Museum","TR 14 SE 12"
"Deal","Mill Hill","MHD",636310,150740,"Cemetery","East Kent","1986-89",35,"Upper Chalk",490,590,"CAT","AS Type 5 inhumation cemetery. Row-grave & secondaries in BA barrow. Multi-period site adjacent to late 19th-20th C. disused chalk quarries. c.1905: Some possible AS finds were discovered within these pits while they were still in use, including several possible A-S graves (Woodruff 1904; Smith 1908). 1986-9: Modern excavations revealed over 500 archaeological features and 132 burials (a third of which were of LIA date). 4 discernable cemetery sites on Mill Hill (designated I-IV) & in 1986-9: 76 burials clustered around a prehistoric barrow were excavated.",1,"Deal Museum","TR 35 SE 67"
"Margate","Half Mile Ride","MHM",634980,169130,"Cemetery","East Kent","1848-63",33,"Upper Chalk",600,700,"various","AS inhumation row-grave cemetery. The site lies mainly under the main Margate-Minster road and there is no record of subsequent burials either from here or from the arable fields which flank its west side. Pre-1848: number of graves discovered in the vicinity of the Chapel, probably part of the same cemetery. 1863: 9 graves discovered near top of the hill. 1893: A grave found in front of Black Cottages. 1922-3: c.20 graves poor in relics, found (Rowe) near Dene Chapel (1922 graves numbered 1- 23; 1863 graves numbered 24-32;1893 grave numbered 33).",1,"Margate PL","TR 36 NW 23"
"Monkton","Primrose Hill","MKN",629100,165550,"Cemetery","East Kent","1971, 1984",25,"Upper Chalk",500,700,"D.R.J. Perkins & S.C. Hawkes","Mixed AS Type 4? cemetery. Small knoll S of main Thanet ridge - arable land containing disused chalk quarry. 1879 or 80: Skeleton with knife & pot. 1971: AS cemetery in pipe trench, c.550m EW (limits defined) x 190m NS. 22 burials. 1982: Cem excv. continued in Monkton pipeline identifying a further 12 graves. 1984: Spearhead of Swanton type E4 found. There appears to be a 6th C nucleus at the W end with 7th C burials spreading to E & W. The 7th C burials are spaced further apart, possibly indicating barrows. A small ring ditch is visible as a cropmark at 629350, 165820 and possibly represents a further cemetery cluster to the NE.",1,"Ashmolean Museum; Thanet Unit archives","TR 26 NE 137"
"Minster-in-Thanet","Hoo Farm","MMP",630110,165650,"Cemetery","East Kent","1971",37,"Upper Chalk",620,725,,"AS inhumation cemetery. 1971: 5 AS? inhumations without grave-goods, orientated NS (No.s 1-5) found in a pipeline alongside A253. 1984: 3 further AS inhumations found in pipeline (A-C). These are represented by the above co-ordinates, the 1971 finds were located 190m further E, though all assumed to be the same cemetery. May be associated with a settlement at Hoo approx. 800m S of the graves.",1,"Thanet Unit archives","TR 36 NW 195"
"Minster-in-Thanet","Mount Pleasant","MMP-2",630700,165800,"Cemetery","East Kent","1996",42,"Upper Chalk",625,725,,"AS inhumation cemetery. 1996: 18 graves close to E end of the A253 dualling excavation area, nr intersection of 2 hollow ways, NS from Birchington-Minster-in-Thanet & EW aligned Dunstrete. Brow of hill. Prob excv to limits (20x10m). Only 8 with grave-goods. All relatively shallow & grouped together on gentle rise. Gr13 on the other side of the hollow way. In use for 30-40 yrs, perhaps only one generation. Possible AS ditch, coinciding almost exactly with the boundary between Monkton and Minster parishes and may mark that boundar.",1,"CAT archives","TR 36 NW 240"
"Milton Regis","Huggin's Field","MRE",590600,164000,"Cemetery","East Kent","1824-28, 1916",7,,575,700,,"AS cemetery. OA mat from railway cutting only. 1824: No of inhumations found. No sign of mounds, also AS crems or BA urns.1826: 8 graves all furnished, one fairly richly. Sev frags of animal bones found interspersed among the graves. Total no of graves c.50. 1828: BA Urns found 140 yards from the skeletons.",1,"British Museum; Dover Museum","TQ 96 SW 60"
"Milton Regis","Rondeau Estate","MRE-2",590070,163860,"Cemetery","East Kent","1879-80",17,,550,700,,"AS inhumation cemetery. Lowest part of a slope. Payne states 41 skeletons found with grave goods in 1869- 71 & 1879-80. 1869: Cem discv c. m. NW of the Huggins Fields site, to the N of Watling Street & S of Blind Lane. 1869-71:The Blind Lane side - c. 20 skeletons discovered, shield-boss, spear-head, knives, Ae buckles, a bronze armlet, an iron strike-a-light and an iron-gilt girdle ornament.",1,"British Museum NH","TQ 96 SW 14"
"Mersham","Mersham","MRS",605000,139000,"Cemetery","East Kent","1828/1853",,,500,625,,"AKA Smeeth. AS inhumation cemetery? 1828: Three graves were found on Bower Farm, probably in one of the 2 stone pits thought to be used for road mending. Finds included a square-headed brooch, Kentish disc brooch, two Frankish brooches and a Ae bowl. 1853: A 'Samian' saucer and small cup, as well as a AS globular urn, said to have been found at Mersham, were exhibited at Chichester Museum.",1,"Royal Museum, Canterbury; Chichester Museum","TR 03 NE 9"
"Minster-in-Thanet","Thorne Farm","MTF",633370,165430,"Cemetery","East Kent","1983",45,"Upper Chalk",575,700,"Trust for Thanet Archaeology","AS inhumation cemetery? 1984: (TTA) 3 graves discovered in Monkton gas pipeline. One grave disturbed in antiquity and two were identifiable as Anglo Saxon. One = pseudo-boat burial. Close to the graves, a 7th C looped Frankish gold solidus was found in top-soil.",1,"Thanet Unit archives","TR 36 NW 186"
"Newington","Milky Down","NWT",616900,138900,"Cemetery","East Kent","1760",90,,500,700,,"AS inhumations. Exact location uncertain though it would seem to be on a steep wooded SE facing slope on the down. Hawkes gives TQ1718 3893 as a possible location, i.e. lower down same slope, but it is well away from the road there. Hawkes also suggests that this is the site of the Postling finds. 1760: Deviant inhumation burial found by the roadside on Milky Down; crouched but with AS? necklace. 2 more skeletons found near by, one with beads, both in coffins.",1,"Unknown","TR 13 NE 15"
"Newington","Dolland's Moor","NWT-2",618100,137200,"Cemetery","East Kent","1990",60,,350,700,"CAT","1989: The unaccompanied inhumation burials of two women and a child were found parralel to a late Roman ditch bounding a hollow-way. Unstratified 6th century glass beads were also found. The graves could date from the Late Rom or EM period.",1,"CAT archive","?"
"Orpington","Orpington","ORP",546693,167506,"Cemetery","West Kent","1965-78",47,"River Terrace Gravel",400,615,"Tester/Palmer","Mixed inhumation and cremation cemetery with both forms of burial contemporary. The site lies c.1km north of source of River Cray. 1965-8: Excavations were carried out by Tester for Orpington museum.  A total of 19 cremations and 52 inhumations were recorded. 1971-7: Further excavations by Palmer revealed another 10 burials as well as a substantial Roman building. 1978: 2 more inhumations and a cremation were found. Tester's excavations were at the SW corner of the site, showing burials into and around a Roman pit. Palmer's excavations were in the same area of the cemeetry, but the graves were located outside the walls of a Roman building, i.e. the cemetery was in use whilst the building was still visible. It was also adjacent to a Roman road.",1,"Orpington Museum","TQ 55 NW 28"
"Ramsgate","Ozengell","OZE",635500,165300,"Cemetery","East Kent","1845-50, 1977-82",40,"Upper Chalk",475,725,"Perkins 1977-1982","AS Type 5 inhumation cemetery clustered on BA barrow complex & IA enclosure. 1845-50: an AS cemetery was disturbed in a railway cutting at place of 'extensive sea views.' c.100 destroyed before Rolfe was able to investigate. 13 graves investigated. This site was SW of later excv. Numerous finds after this event, with Rolfe adding to his collection. 1966: 7 graves were found to the S of main site in a trench for a water pipe. 1974: cropmarks of c.100 graves revealed in aerial photographs. c.1970s: TTA discovered 6 inhumations cut into prehistoric features. 1976-: TTA excavations continued. 87 graves discovered on W side of A256, grave 88 on the E. W limit of cemetery defined. 1980-2: Further 140 graves excavated of which many robbed in antiquity. Large number of structural features. 1988:  TTA evaluation at Nethercourt estate immediately E of Ozengell cemetery reveales a small grave-like feature, aligned NNE-SSW, containing a flint scraper and a clay bead - i.e. possibly child burial related to Jutish cemetery to W. 1989: Road improvements revealed a further 2 graves. 300-500 graves are visible as cropmarks to the S of the excavated cemetery.",1,"Powel-Cotton Museum; British Museum; Liverpool City Museum; Ramsgate PL","TR 36 NE 51/58/26"
"Dunton Green","Polhill","POL",550400,159000,"Cemetery","West Kent","1880, 1956",120,"Upper Chalk",600,750,"various","Inhumation cemetery. 1839: The Sevenoaks Turnpike cut through the site of the cemetery. There is no record of the discoveries of this time. 1956: 13 graves discovered during road widening. Inds included knives and a seax. 1959-63: Ortford Historical Society excavated 5 graves. 1964: West Kent Border Archaeological Group excavated 16 burials. 1966: B. Philp recorded a further 4 burials found during pipeline trenching. 1967: WKBAG excavated 68 further graves. 1978: 4 further graves revealed to the SW of the 1967 group ahead of chalk quarrying. 1984: KARU excavated a further 50 graves. 1986: A further grave excavated by KARU.<br /><br /><br />1880 2 skeletons were found in a field,<br />	750 yards due W of the church, lying close<br />	together, one with head to the E, one to the W.<br />	A spearhead was later discovered. The skeletons<br />	were reinterred in the churchyard. The site is on<br />	a false crest of a hill, above the 300' contour, not<br />	far from an RB building.<br />	 1956 13 skeletons were discovered during<br />	excavations of the chalk banks at the junction<br />	of Pilgrim's Way and the A21 for road widen--<br />	ing. The graves were orientated EW except one<br />	which was NS. The burials were 1' deep in the<br />	chalk, with a varying depth of topsoil. All the<br />	graves had been backfilled so that it was<br />	impossible to distinguish their precise outline,<br />	but they seem to have been roughly rectangular<br />	hollows, just large enough for the body. All the<br />	skeletons were laid out, usually with arms by<br />	the sides, and there were men, women and<br />	children among them. One grave contained a<br />	knife and an iron buckle, a second a scramasax<br />	of the early VII, a third a knife, and a fourth 2<br />	iron keys or latch-lifters, similar to some from<br />	Shudy Camps Ca and Burwell Ca. The rest of<br />	the graves were unfurnished.<br />	 It is likely that this is a late cemetery since the<br />	grave-goods are so few and comparable to<br />	those from the late Ca cemeteries; but there is<br />	too little evidence on which to base definite<br />	conclusions.""",1,"KARU archives","TQ 55 NW 22"
"Rochester","Watts Avenue","RWA",574050,168050,"Cemetery","East Kent","1892-99",30,,450,700,,"AS cemetery & churchyard. Pre-1892: During construction of houses skeletons were discovered; one of them with knife. 1892: 11 burials, 7 furnished, 3 with only a knife were excavated by Payne. 1895-6: Payne excavated a further 19 graves, 14 furnished, 3 with only a knife. c.1899: 4 graves to S, i.e. boundary Roman wall. Fine spearhead and ferrule. Site close to the River Medway and not far from the isolated interment. 1979: A further three burials, probably from this cemetery, were found in St. Margaret's Street.",1,"Rochester Guildhall Museum","TQ 76 NW 37"
"Sarre","Sarre","SAR",626100,165060,"Cemetery","East Kent","1843, 1863-4",16,"Upper Chalk",480,700,"Brent","AS inhumation cemetery. Incl EMC entries. Knoll, close to Wantsum & St Giles church. 1841: grave with Ae bowl & gold composite disc brooch found by workman. c.1858: Silver quoit brooch, said to be from Sarre, in the BM. 1860: Burial with gold & garnet brooch find, another Ae bowl and other finds. Rigold (1975) lists four looped Solidi as coming from Sarre 1860. They are more likely to originate from the 1863-5 excavations. 1863: 183 graves excv by Brent. Of the 144 graves analyseable, 109 furnished, 5 richly, 4 with only a knife. 1864: further 89 graves. Of 68 (the rest disturbed or otherwise unclear) 58 were furnished, 2 richly, 5 with a knife only. 1982 & 1990/1: 19 further burials excavated by TTA. Total of 323 total burials excv.",1,"Maidstone Museum; British Museum; Cambridge University; Institute of Archaeology London; Ashmolean Museum; Rochester Guildhall Museum; Royal Museum,Canterbury; British Museum NH","TR 26 NE 11"
"Strood","Temple Farm","SDA",573300,168900,"Cemetery","West Kent","1846, 88-891960",7,,525,650,,"Roman cremation cemetery and AS inhumations. 1846: Supine skeleton, with spearhead and 2 knives. Nearby deviant burial. 1852: burial in land close to the Roman cemetery, with weapons and other finds. 1838-9: An extensive Roman cremation cemetery excv. The urns were in groups of 3 or 4 at a depth of 2-4 ft: some inhumations were also found.",1,"Liverpool City Museum","TQ 76 NW 30"
"Shepherdswell-with-Coldred","Sibertswold","SIB",626500,148850,"Cemetery","East Kent","1772-3, 1772",0,,575,725,,"AS Type 4 barrow cemetery. Incl EMC entries. 18th C: A burial mound was opened by the landowner to reveal a gilt or gold-inlaid 'spur'; 1772-3: Faussett opened 181 graves in and about 162 AS tumuli in 2/3 groups on Sibertswold Down. SIB group: 3 not richly furnished; 19 only knife, 28 nothing; many weapons. BAR group: 48 more in 45 tumuli. In 2 cases, Rom cremations disturbed by AS graves. Gr 1-171 in upper burial ground; gr 172-181 in lower. Finds included a looped gold Austrasian tremissis (gr 85) and a further looped gold coin from gr 172, both dating to c.650. Fausett saw Sibertswold & Barfreston as 2 sep cems but Meaney, Evison and Richardson count as one. The site is on a main crossroad, now mainly woodland (1999), at the meeting point of 3 parish boundaries.",1,"Liverpool City Museum","TR 24 NE 2"
"St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe","The Droveway","SMC",636000,144300,"Cemetery","East Kent","1775, 1782, 1943",80,"Upper Chalk",600,700,"various incl CAT","AS Type 4 and 5 inhumation cemetery. Pre-1724: Stukeley noted 2 clusters of c.30 barrows on a slope around a large BA barrow, c. 350m S of St Margaret's Church & covering c.1.5 acres. A further barrow lies c. 25m beyond the SW end of the main group. Part destroyed by road. 1775: 6-8 barrows opened - 20 glass beads in 1 grave, arrowhead in another. 1782: c.14 barrows opened - Fe knife. Also BA? cremation. 1911: an aged male skull was found during excavations by Pearsons and Sons Contractors. It was dated at the time to between the 6th and 8th C on osteological grounds. 1920: 6 graves uncovered by tennis court construction. Graves found 60cm below surface, side by side in 2 parallel rows of 3 W-E orientated graves.  No associated objects. c.1930: AS burial with an iron spearhead and glass beads found whilst digging foundations for a house called 'Ballygange' (now 'Wave Hill'). 1943: Crouched woman burial,18-22 yrs old, found; it is probably prehistoric. No barrows seen during fieldwork. Pre-1960 An iron knife and 3 shield-bosses were acquired by Dover Museum. Nothing more is known about their provenance. 1963-4: An inhumation was found in the garden of 'Shelbourne'; grave-goods included an Fe spearhead, but the finds are now lost. 2003-4: CAT excavation at 'Eden Roc' revealed 6 prehistoric and 8 AS inhumations arranged over a BA barrow. Two of the AS burials had pennanular ditches. These finds suggest that several clusters of AS burials were arranged along the downland coastal ridge S of the present village. Richardson suggests they are primarily of 7th-8th C date.",1,"British Museum; Dover","TR 34 SE 6"
"Stowting","Stowting","SWT",612340,142370,"Cemetery","East Kent","1844, 1866-81",103,,500,600,"Brent","AS Type 4 inhumation cemetery on lower slopes with wide view N of Stowting village. Pre-1844: 2 burials & weapons. 1844: more than 30 skeletons found during road building; these contained weapons, Fe frags (coffins?); beads; brooches, buckles, plates & studs, bottle-vase, etc found. 1866: Brent excavated 25 graves, 34 skels.1 with 6 W. 29 furnished, 1richly, & 1with knife. 1868: further skeleton with spearhead found. 1881: 8 more graves in diff area found, 6 furnished; there may have been other graves. 1954: Spearhead small find made. 1964: Further spearhead small find made. 1977: Metal detector small find of a fragmentary head-plate of a cruciform brooch. pre-1996: Uniterred bones found under a hedgerow.",1,"British Museum; Maidstone Museum","TR 14 SW 3"
"Wingham","Witherden Farm","WGH",624950,156900,"Cemetery","East Kent","1843, 1854",12,,575,650,,"AS cemetery? Lowish ground nr river. Pre-1843: 4 graves found by workmen. These contained paste and amethyst beads, bracelet, ring, Fe frags and a spearhead. 1843: Conyngham excavated 4 graves. 1: chain and knife; 2: bracelet; 3: shield and spearhead with a 2nd skeleton at the feet (intercutting graves?). 4: T- shaped, with one skeleton at the foot of another; finds included an Ae bowl, urn, cowrie shell, 2-3 amethyst and paste beads, 2 gold bracteates, silver finger- rings, silver bracelet, pin, garnet brooch. 1854: Akerman excavated several robbed graves and 2 pristine graves. 1: Woman, accomp-anied by several beads, bone spindle-whorl, Fe spindle & amethyst bead; 2: Male, with a waist tag, ring, clasp and buckle, all Fe.",1,"British Museum","TR 25 NW 19"
"Whitfield","Old Park","WHF",629430,143750,"Cemetery","East Kent","various",80,,490,700,,"AS Type 4? Inhum cem. Pre-1800: Barrows opened on hill left of London Rd. Usually mistaken as Temple Ewell but likely to mean barrows on Old Park Hill. 1861: Hanging-bowl escutcheons from several bowls found. Pre-1915: Silver-gilt mount found. 1952: A grave was found containing 2 Pada (Pa IIB, PaIII) coins. 1989: Double inhumation excavated by KARU: one male with 2 spears & woman with button brooch & beads found. 1997: 2 graves located by Parfitt, not recorded here. The site is just inside Whitfield parish over-looking the Dour.",1,"British Museum; Dover Museum","TR 23 NW 42/34"
"Wye","Wye Downs","WYE",607100,146800,"Cemetery","East Kent","1842-1939",90,"Upper Chalk",575,650,"various","AS Type 5 (In BA bowl barrow) barrow cemetery. c.1842: 18 barrows were observed on Wye Downs by Morris. He was told that workmen had found skeletons amongst them. A second group were also examined. 1858: During repairs to road between Wye and Dover, at the foot of hill c.1 mile from Wye, a grave was opened, and found to contain a skeleton, shield-boss, sword, cone beaker and some smaller objects. Smith and Larking investigated a group of tumuli at the top of hill, most already disturbed, but one contained a child. A second contained a large male skeleton, with spearhead and knife. The BM bought many of the artefacts found in 1858 (including some possibly from Sarre). 1939: A barrow, known as ""The Junipers"" was dug by 2 members of Wye College (Ackroyd & Bellhouse) on the chalk ridge, an extension of Wye Downs, forming the southern boundary of the old racecourse, after the site had been discovered by a gamekeeper. It had been disturbed and only a few bone fragments in a rabbit burrow were found. There is nothing to date the barrow, but it is likely to have been AS. As all of these finds are quite close together, they may therefore be counted as one barrow group possibly clustered into two groups",1,"British Museum; Maidstone Museum","TR 04 NE 10"