Monument Number 416082 |
| Hob Uid: 416082 | |
Location :
Medway
Non Civil Parish
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| Grid Ref : TQ7422068540 |
| Summary : Inhumations accompanied by clench nails from coffins, a spearhead and pottery, were found beneath the South-West corner of Gundulph's Tower, Rocehester Cathedral, in 1960. These may be associated with the original church, founded in 603. A penny of Aethilheard, Archbishop of Canterbury 791 to 805, was found in 1876 by workmen excavating for a new buttress to St Edmund's Chapel in the cathedral. |
More information : [TQ74286852] A number of Anglo-Saxon graves were uncovered
in 1960 under the south-west corner of Gundulph's Tower during the
installation of a heating system in Rochester Cathedral. Finds
include a spearhead, pottery and clench nails from coffins. The graves may be related to the original church of 603 (1)
A penny of Aethilheard, Archbishop of Canterbury 791 to 805, was
found in 1876 by workmen excavating for a new buttress to St. Edmund's Chapel in the cathedral (2) [TQ74286849 approx.] (1-2)
The inhumations were found beneath, and either side of, the nave S.
wall near to the S.W. Corner at TQ 74226854. The grave-goods are
in Rochester Museum, the human remains were re-interred. (3)
Additional bibliography. (4)
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