ANGLO-SAXON REMAINS 



Eynesford. — Roach Smith in 1861 had seen only an iron shield-boss from the railway 

 cutting, but had evidence that weapons, ornaments and a bronze bowl like the Lullingstone 

 specimen had also been found [Arch. Cant. iii. 36]. 



Faversham. — See p. 370. In 1853 part of a skull and a tumbler of green glass, 2^ inches 

 high, were found in digging a grave in a churchyard [Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xiii. 313]. 



A grave N.W. and S.E. was found in the King's Field early in 1874, containing brooch, 

 if inches diameter and openwork gold bracteate, 230 beads and other relics : another grave 

 in same direction not far off contained a fine sword and bronze-gilt buckle (fig.) : below 

 the sword a whetstone, 2 inches long, and trifles thought to have been inlaid in sword-guard 

 [Proc. Soc. Antiq. vi. 380]. 



Folkestone. — See p. 364. Nine graves found in 1889 three-parts up hill towards Dover : 

 with skeletons were spear-heads (Dover Museum), beads, buckle, etc. [Coll. Cant. 199]. A 

 number of similar graves were found about the same site early in 1907 : among the finds, 

 which are in Folkestone Museum, was a keystone brooch, beads and several spear-heads. [To 

 be published in Arch. Cant.]. 



GiLTON. — See p. 353. Bronze-gilt hairpin of elaborate (probably Roman) work, found 

 in a grave by Mr. Kingsford, and presented to Canterbury Museum by Mr. John Brent, jun. 

 [Coll. Ant. ii. 164, pi. xxxvii. fig. 3]. 



An iron spear-head, over 18 inches long, was found with parts of an urn in a grave [jfour. 

 Brit. Arch. Assoc, xv. (1859), 290], and a metal tag for a strap, from the Faussett collection 

 is figured by Akerman [Pag. Sa.x. pi. xxxv. fig. 9]. 



GoDMERSHAM. — Skeletons found before 1720, one with an iron sword [Nen. Brit. p. 121]. 



Gravesend. — See p. 381. 



Greenwich. — See p. 379. 



Grove Ferry. — Antiquities exhibited in 1894 by Col. Copeland included two iron bosses 

 and sword pommel inlaid with silver [Proc. Soc. Ant. xv. 178] ; also a bronze weight of 575 

 grains [Proc. Soc. Ant. xvi. 174 : British Museum]. 



Guston, near Dover. — Probably in this parish were found, on breast of skeleton in a 

 stone cist or coffin, a circular brooch with shell-boss in centre, three garnet settings and niello 

 border, shield-boss, iron sword and spear-head 15J inches long : now in Leeds Museum. 

 [Arch. Jour. xxi. (1864), loi]. 



Hicham. — A few spear-heads and fragments of a bronze bowl with the lip thickened and 

 turned inwards were found at the Lower Shorne Uralite works in 1905 [CoUection of Mr. 

 Geo. M. Arnold, F.S.A.]. 



HoLLiNGBouRNE. — See Whiteheath. 



HoRTON KiRBY. — See p. 377. 



Hoth. — Cup of green glass, with rounded base and threaded neck, found about 1772 

 with human bones and a bottle (which was broken) in gravel-pit at Mill Bank : now in British 

 Museum [Pag. Sax. pi. xxv. fig. 2]. 



Hythe. — Old quarries N.W. of town marked as site of Anglo-Saxon finds in 1870 on Ord. 

 Map, Ixxiv. 



Ickham. — Square-headed and ' button ' brooches (pl. i. fig. 15), etc., mostly of Jutish 

 type [British Museum]. 



Kingston Down. — See p. 345. 



LiTTLEBOURN. — Gold sceatta of 21 grains [Coll. Ant. i. pl. xxii. fig. 10]. 



Lullingstone. — See p. 378. 



Lyminge. — See p. 364. 



Lympne. — See p. 364. 



Maidstone. — On site of Lancastrian School, Wheeler Street, discoveries in 1823 [Arch. 

 Cant. i. 166] and 1836 [ibid. xv. 72]: skeletons and weapons found on east side of street 

 [Arch. XXX. 535], also brooch with T garnets, shoe-shaped stud, bronze wheel ornament of five 

 spokes, and wire bracelet [Maidstone Museum]. A bronze wheel, apparently from the same 

 mould was found at Leatherhead [Surrey Arch. Collns. xx. 124]. 



Mersham. — Bronze buckle and oblong buckle-plate set with garnet and incised [Coll. 

 Ant. ii. 163, pl. xxxvii. figs. 2, 6, 7 : Cant. Mus.]. 



Milton-next-Sittingbourne. — See p. 374. 



Minster. — Human bones found 7 feet from surface of churchyard, and subsequently 

 the skull with bell-shaped glass cup ornamented vdth vertical ribs : the skeleton said to have 

 measured nearly 8 ft. long [Archaeologia, viii. (1786) 449 ; Nen. Brit. pl. xvii. fig. 4, p. 71]. 



MoNKTON. — Skeleton found with knife at side, presumably of Anglo-Saxon date, on 



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